Earl gave me a Kindle a couple years ago. While I like it, I find that in my own home I prefer holding an actual book in my hand as opposed to the virtual kind. However, when we’re taking a

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Now that I am no longer gainfully employed at Fred Flare, Inc., I’m making various lists of things I want to do with the time I once put to finances, human resources, and legal issues.

One of my goals is

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Today is National Grammar Day, something I learned just a few days ago and feel compelled to pass on. In my opinion, grammar is an endangered species. I hear nouns and pronouns in disagreement all the time; subjects and verbs

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Dear Jonathan Franzen,

I’m trying really hard to like your latest novel, Freedom, but I’m having a difficult time. I admit this is the first of your work that I’ve attempted, although I am familiar with The Corrections, Oprah’s

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I am the sort of person who always reads the last page in a book first. In fact, when I’m in a bookstore, it’s the last page that usually convinces me to buy a particular book in the first place.

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On March 8, I wrote my last blog as I was relaxing on a cruise ship in the Caribbean. I extolled the benefits of being lazy, but assumed I’d get back to the work of reality once we docked in

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In recent months, I’ve noticed that my website has acted strangely. For instance, when I click on various things, nothing happens. Where once I offered answers to grammar questions, now no feedback occurs. And, behind the scenes, I could no

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