July 2008
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“Human beings, [Russell Mark, the biomechanics manager for USA Swimming] says,...”
– The Envelope
CA Attorney General Jerry Brown modified the language in Proposition No. 8 for the November ballot. And the people behind Prop 8 are PO’d.
At issue: originally, Prop 8 said “to provide that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.” Post-tweak it says that it would “eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry.”
The supporters...
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“A new profession — called aesthetic practice consultant — has emerged to advise...”
– “The Price of Beauty”
I think my head just exploded.
There’s something sickening about the airline analogy made early in the article. To wit: elective cosmetc surgery: skin disease :: first-class : coach.
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In the beginning.
Remember when Volkswagen started in with their storytelling commercials? I think “Milky Way” was first (2000?), but my favourite is definitely “Big Day.”
(Music: “One Million Miles Away” J. Ralph)
It was a couple of years before I picked it up, but J. Ralph’s full-length album “The Illusory Movements of Geraldine and Nazu” (iTunes) is...
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Omit Words
Once or twice a year: I re-read Strunk & White’s Elements of Style (Wikipedia entry) (nerd!).
Big Contrarian → How to Say Nothing in 500 Words. A good read and you’re sure to recognize padding tricks you’ve used.
I have great fondness for books, movies, poems, photos that both show you an example of a thing as well as how to do that thing well.
The Name of the Rose...
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nerd alert.
Reading the Declaration of Independence.
It bothers me that the section title says “A Historic Misquote” and not “An Historic Misquote.”