Snickering over Monday’s quiz question about the Rosenthal rule. (Paraphrased: Reporters who BLEEP elephants can’t cover the circus.) Similar:She doesn't have keys or a phone or an ID. Why does my tween need a purse?To stash her Lemonheads and Smarties. ht…AmusingI asked my geekling whether she was ready for bed…I asked my #geekling whether she…
“Daddy, THAT gum costs. $1.59. If you buy THIS gum for me, you’ll save 30c!” “I know how we can save $1.59!” “You’re mean.” “No, I’m cheap.” Similar:RT @JordanFor: One of the counters from the Civil…RT @JordanFor: One of the counters from …TweetsParallel structure in writing: Use it!These comic panels cover the issue well….HumanitiesIn Defense…
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RT @SamekAshley: On a side note I’m going to feel really weird tweeting during mass #el227 #openliturgy Similar:Former student: "I remember sometimes being annoyed with all of our blogging assignments, …A third alum in the last few weeks has c…AcademiaHow hate and misinformation go viral: A case study of a Trump retweetOn Sunday night, President Donald Trump…
When the theater major called his journalism minor a “safety,” the journalism majors (including former music & theater majors) laughed. Similar:Yes, I do feel rather awesome right now.Lost brand-new earbuds. Reached in pocke…PersonalFormer student: "I remember sometimes being annoyed with all of our blogging assignments, …A third alum in the last few weeks has c…AcademiaWhat kids do…
I earned a +8 or +9 spousal bonus when I told my wife this little essay, by Rosemarie Urquico, made me think of her. It’s easy to date a girl who reads. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas and for anniversaries. Give her the gift of words, in poetry, in song. Give her…
“Mr. Frisbie,” I called to him, and he stopped and turned around, taking off his bowler hat and smiling as he shook my hand. I got right to the point. “I’m trying to come up with a column for the dog days of summer,” I told him. “Something quick and fun but smart. But I’m…
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SHU’s Phil Komarny: Every get, starts with a give: We have all heard the phrase, you get what you give, and in the world of social media that phrase takes on a much more weighty meaning. Go ahead, prove me right, create a twitter account and follow 100 or so people. Just read, don’t interact.…
Student who dropped by to troubleshoot her blog politely averted her eyes each time I typed my admin password. #kidstoday Similar:Can you tell the difference between factual and opinion statements?I got a perfect score. How did you do on…CultureI’m a 12-year-old girl. Why don’t the characters in my apps look like me? I found that…
For a while, we were part of a homeschool co-op, where the organizer — a parent to two darling girls who happily sat through lessons — would discipline fidgety boys like my Peter by withholding their recess breaks. During a group activity, I overheard another parent say “Peter, don’t work ahead.” We didn’t sign up…
I still haven’t seen the video, but this event is the pop-culture gift that keeps on giving. Every child dreads this day: sooner or later, your parents will come to you, innocently wide-eyed, to ask you about twerking. How you handle this difficult conversation is extremely important and could have a significant impact on the…
Mrs. Miller doesn’t read the entire newspaper. “Some people put in things that don’t interest me, like who is going to host church next time,” she said. She reads letters from former hometowns and from her older sister, 89-year-old Ada Coblentz, who writes for the Budget and recently noted she had a chest cold. Both…
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If you are a gentleman, never lower the intellectual standard of your conversation in addressing ladies. Pay them the compliment of seeming to consider them capable of an equal understanding with gentlemen. You will, no doubt, be somewhat surprised to find in how many cases the supposition will be grounded on fact, and in the…
My 11yo, of the opening chapters of a YA novel with an orphan heroine: “That’s a rip-off of Annie, Oliver, and Les Miz.” (Eyeroll.) (But she asked me to read her more chapters.) Similar:Headphones, Croutons and RhetoricME (with crouton tongs in one hand and s…CultureYou can be a Trek fan without loving TOS. But if…
A typographic engineer, Connare was working at Microsoft in 1993, when he was asked for his input on a new program’s fonts. “When I loaded the CD a little dog came up. He talked in a speech balloon like you would get in a newspaper cartoon strip, but it was in the system font Times…
Draft: “As my classmates tormented, I shrank into my turtle-like shell.” Suggestion: “The school mocked; I turtled.” (Yes, I am #marking.) Similar:Syllabusing Like a BossAcademiaHumanities research is groundbreaking, life-changing… and ignored Most arguments for “saving” the humani…AcademiaThe elements, in haikuEach element of the periodic table gets …AmusingCarnegie Science Center's Guitar ExhibitThis summer, I’m a “CSC…
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