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MAINTAINING THE MATERIAL BALANCE OF THE EARTH.
MAINTAINING THE MATERIAL BALANCE OF THE EARTH. Mary Jane remembers hearing a conversation some years ago between two college students in a ladies room at Queens college. The first student said that she was worried that with all the launchings … Continue reading
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DEATH OF A BUMBLEBEE.
DEATH OF A BUMBLEBEE. This happened when Annalisa was about 8 years old. I put it at 8 because I was astonished by what she learned from somewhere in the culture. Annalisa and I were standing on our blacktop driveway … Continue reading
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ITALIAN LEPRECHAUNS.
ITALIAN LEPRECHAUNS. On Saint Patrick’s Day, during an exchange about leprechauns, Mary Jane sent the following to a friend: “In Southern Italian lore, there is a creature similar to a leprechaun. I don’t know how to spell it, but it’s … Continue reading
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IS IT DEMOGRAPHICS AND NOT REGIONAL CULTURE?
IS IT DEMOGRAPHICS AND NOT REGIONAL CULTURE? In the post from 2008 that I linked to yesterday, I expressed some misgivings about the predictive value of my theory that regional cultural differences have an important effect on voters. On March … Continue reading
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THE NORTHERN CITIES VOWEL SHIFT.
THE NORTHERN CITIES VOWEL SHIFT. Jennifer Schuessler’s article also introduced me to the Northern Cities Vowel Shift, which has special meaning for me and Mary Jane. I had noticed that there were similarities between Mary Jane’s Syracuse accent and my … Continue reading
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A GREAT PHILOSOPHER ON BASEBALL AS A RELIGION.
A GREAT PHILOSOPHER ON BASEBALL AS A RELIGION. Mary Jane quite frequently refers to baseball as a religion for me. The South Side Sox blog called my attention to this essay from 1919 by Morris Cohen, whom Bertrand Russell once … Continue reading
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CLARK GABLE AND THE 50TH BIRTHDAY.
CLARK GABLE AND THE 50TH BIRTHDAY. Adela Rogers St. Johns told me that she was on a television talk show once which was interrupted when Clark Gable telephoned in. He told the host to ask her about her 50th birthday. … Continue reading
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ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS ON MISTRESSES.
ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS ON MISTRESSES. Adela Rogers St. Johns had a theory, based on her reading, that all the great mistresses were great clowns. She said that she had Marion Davies in mind as the best example of the … Continue reading
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ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS ON DEFENDANTS IN CAPITAL CASES.
ADELA ROGERS ST. JOHNS ON DEFENDANTS IN CAPITAL CASES. Earl Rogers only lost 3 out of the 77 murder cases he tried. His daughter said that every one of people that Rogers defended in capital cases was broken by the … Continue reading
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SH*T MY DAD SAYS AND THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE.
SH*T MY DAD SAYS AND THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE. The content is different, and the technology (Twitter) is different, but there are similarities between SH*T MY DAD SAYS, which preserves what a father says, and this blog. As … Continue reading
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