In driving the sometimes-16-foot-wide Beartooth Scenic Byway this afternoon, I realized that for a few moments, everything that symbolized the day was lurking in my car. My daughter maintained her ever-hungry din (although I believe I have fostered an earnest use of the word, “Please,”). My wife endeavored quiet in the face of this din. [...]
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The Infragile Delicacy
Posted in The Daily Life, tagged altitude, Beartooth Highway, blastula, check engine, college, daughter, donkey vaginas, Driving, father, GM, husband, hypercolor, iPod, Knowledge, montana, shitty inventors, spring, wife on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Letter to The Whatcom Independent, Jan. 2008
Posted in Literacy & Scholarship, tagged Academic Freedom, college, Context, dipshit, Dorothy Sayers, dumbass, Embezzlement, History, idiot, impatience, Knowledge, Lost tools of Learning, Must-Read, Philology, struggle, wrong on June 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In regard to Paul de Armond’s article about Judge Mura’s ruling in favor (?) of WWU’s actions in the case of Perry Mills: Firstly, embezzlement is very clearly defined (citing the Oxford dictionary): “embezzle |emˈbezəl| verb [ trans. ] steal or misappropriate (money placed in one’s trust or belonging to the organization for which one [...]
Baseball Writers: STOP the Inappropriate Use of “Scuffle”.
Posted in Literacy & Scholarship, The Sporting Life, tagged baseball, college, dictionary, dipshit, Goose Gossage, idiot, malaprop, New York, scuffle, Steve Phillips, struggle, tirade, wrong on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I sorely hoped it would go away. Perhaps it was started by Mr. Phillips after his dismissal from the Mets, but I have to admit I don’t care all that much where it came from. Here it is in black-and-white: scuffle |ˈskəfəl| noun 1 a short, confused fight or struggle at close quarters : there [...]
