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Bad News, Hats, and Equity Language
Leave a commentMarch 31, 2023 by libroshombre
Hats have always adorned my noggin, and as my marvelous momma traveled the world she always inevitably returned with …
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Alephs, Acrostics, and April
Leave a commentMarch 31, 2023 by libroshombre
My handwriting’s always been bad, but these days it’s bordering on awful. Perhaps I’m channeling my inner Phoenician for …
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Fires, Bookmarks, and Leaky Privies
2February 3, 2023 by libroshombre
It’s sometimes interesting while reading a book to reflect upon the chain of prior readings that led you there. …
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King Ludd, Flow States, and Bill Russell
Leave a commentFebruary 3, 2023 by libroshombre
Flow states, switch-cost effect, and ludditeism have been worrisome lately; it started with a thought-terminating cliché, which is also …
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Politicians, Lawyers, and Winnings Arguments
Leave a commentNovember 1, 2022 by libroshombre
The Atlantic magazine referred to Ambrose Bierce, the civil war veteran and author as “The American Cynic,” and for …
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Ice, Dirt, and Experience
Leave a commentAugust 5, 2022 by libroshombre
Albert Einstein once said, “The only source of knowledge is experience,” but there are many methods of gaining experience, …
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Diapers, Jokes, and Mercy Seats
Leave a commentAugust 5, 2022 by libroshombre
She was known as Maud to the Saxon serfs, and Matilda in the Latin by the nobility, but either …
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Scherpstekendevliegs, Anticipation, and Unreadable Books
Leave a commentJuly 9, 2022 by libroshombre
Anticipation can be excruciating, but also sweet, as A.A. Milne illustrated in writing “‘Well,’ said Pooh, ‘what I like …
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Tolerance, Trousers, and Egyptian Bar Jokes
Leave a commentJuly 9, 2022 by libroshombre
International Tolerance Day won’t roll around until November 16, but it’s increasingly obvious we ought to celebrate “sympathy or …
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