"B" Stings

Friday, December 16, 2011

"B" Stings: You're Naming Your Kid WHAT?!!

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"B" Stings: You're Naming Your Kid WHAT?!! : My all-time favorite among unfortunate given names is Stringfellow Barr . Yes, ye...
Tuesday, December 13, 2011

You're Naming Your Kid WHAT?!!

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My all-time favorite among unfortunate given names is Stringfellow Barr . Yes, yes, I know he was the founder of St. John's Colleg...
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Saturday, December 10, 2011

Deadbeat Fritos (Or the Frustrations and Subtle Benefits of Going Deaf)

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I am half deaf. That is to say, roughly fifty percent of my hearing is gone. Yes, I know you can't really be half deaf anymore than you ...
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Saturday, December 3, 2011

My Birthday and the Anniversary of Pearl Harbor

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I was born a day before the two-year anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. I can't prove this is significant though I'm sure m...
Thursday, December 1, 2011

The Good Old Days vs.Nowadays

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"No one cares about being polite these days," an elderly woman commented sourly. Though the temperature was in the mid seventies,...
Tuesday, November 8, 2011

The Truth As I See It

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"I don't want my son placed in a class in which he will be required to feel compassion." The above is a direct quote ...
Friday, October 21, 2011

Reflections on the subject of IQ

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The most important thing in life is to be smart. The worst thing in life is to be average -- or downright dumb. These are the absolute ...
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Back in my mid-twenties I held a lowly clerical job in a San Francisco-based corporation. One day I was pulled from my regular duties and asked to go over various files in order to destroy evidence of price fixing. This new assignment violated my code of ethics and I was in the process of considering how and when to launch my protest when my in-laws decided to pay us a visit. Naturally, I spoke to them about my job dilemma since it weighed heavily on my mind. Here's what my father-in-law said: "Listen, tootsie, if your boss tells you to do something, YOU DO IT!" We (my husband, his parents and I) were seated in our small apartment drinking wine.Thus, my reaction to my father-in-law's admonishment was to hurl my wine glass in the general vicinity of his head. I am not proud of this criminally violent and shockingly immature behavior and, in retrospect, I regretted that I had not opted for a cleverer and more graceful way to address my father-in-law's misogynistic posturing. As the years progressed, I learned to act on the (formulaic) advice I gave my students -- "Use your words!"
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