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By John Grisham
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“Given the figurative relationship between flatulence and windbaggery, this is a particularly fortuituous Cupertino…. Could this be the first documented Cupertino eggcorn?”
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“The Book Review asked a handful of writers to recommend books for the presidential candidates.”
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“What you may not have realized is that perceiving sarcasm, the smirking put-down that buries its barb by stating the opposite, requires a nifty mental trick that lies at the heart of social relations: figuring out what others are thinking. “
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Because sometimes a whole paragraph is just too much.
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A good reminder to keep checking Editors and Preditors
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MIDDLEBURY, Vermont (AP) — Call it poetic justice: More than two dozen young people who broke into Robert Frost’s former home for a beer party and trashed the place are being required to take classes in his poetry as part of their punishment…(HT: RU)
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Thanks for the link!
Just to clarify, each tweet will contain a *link* to that days installment, accessible via traditional web page. Twitter acts as a reminder/alert, not the delivery mechanism itself. Because 140chars would be a bit crazy….
Bless you, Mr. Seitz — you vastly overestimate my attention span. Lately, 140 characters would be just about right!
Poetry as punishment–is that really the lesson we want to teach young people?
Well, it is Robert Frost. If i had to sit through a lecture on “The Road Not Taken,” it would certainly *feel* like punishment.