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Have at it, Shapelings. I’m using all my words for dissertating today and my co-bloggers are using theirs for their paid jobs. Fluffcation rules do not apply on this thread: feel free to talk ab… more →
Kate Harding's Shapely Prose
Egg-sucking 101 for Dummies
neuroaster wrote 2 weeks ago: 1. Mindfully keep the egg a safe distance away from your teeth. It is easier than one might imagine … more →
New Broom. Sweep. Sweep.
jld0077 wrote 4 weeks ago: Peggy Noonan wrote a column titled, “We Are Governed by Callous Children” in The Wall Street Journal … more →
Open thread
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Sweet Machine wrote 1 month ago: Have at it, Shapelings. I’m using all my words for dissertating today and my co-bloggers are u … more →
Offshore with The Good, The Bad and The Boss
jld0077 wrote 1 month ago: In Nebraska, Bruce Springsteen’s narrator sings without remorse, “Well, sir, I guess there’s just a … more →
Getting to 101
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Sweet Machine wrote 1 month ago: A Shapeling (who wishes to remain anonymous for the purpose of this thread) has some questions she … more →
Alexander Lebedev, Russia's Most Contrarian Oligarch
annushka27 wrote 1 month ago: Alexander Yevgenievich Lebedev (Russian: Александр Евгеньевич Лебедев, born 16 December, 1959) is a … more →
Loose Lips Sink Ships?
jld0077 wrote 1 month ago: Words and language matter. Really. And I don’t say that because my wife and I write for a living. Wh … more →
Take The Wheel
jld0077 wrote 2 months ago: When we gave Cam the keys to the car We hit our parental bete noire. But this privilege he’s e … more →
Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics
jld0077 wrote 2 months ago: An article in the New York Times a couple of days ago got me to thinking. Titled, “New Signs That Re … more →
Stone Soup for The Recession
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jld0077 wrote 2 months ago: The Great Recession of 2009 may technically end soon, but its effects will impact a lot of people fo … more →
The wrong kind of intelligence
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Sarah Ditum wrote 3 months ago: Editorial Intelligence uses “intelligence” more in the sense of “things we have on … more →
A Left-Wing, Libertarian, Conservative
jld0077 wrote 3 months ago: I’ve had it with the relentless chatter, analysis, bloviating and hyperventilating that passes for p … more →
Is Price the Enemy of Value?
jld0077 wrote 3 months ago: Some months back, a major consumer magazine published a review of bed sheets. Their basic take was t … more →
10 Circles of Marketing Hell
jld0077 wrote 3 months ago: I love marketing, and I especially love technology marketing. After all, it means I get paid to prom … more →
Atlanta Through A Native Lens
jld0077 wrote 3 months ago: There’s a conversation we middle-aged Atlanta natives have with each other. It typically starts with … more →
Hey, remember this?
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Sweet Machine wrote 4 months ago: Are you a newish reader who’s not a douchehound? Do you wish you could talk to other Shapeling … more →
Unfair to Partly Cloudy?
jld0077 wrote 4 months ago: A friend of mine wants me to get out of the hardware and software side of technology and get a job m … more →
How to Pick Blueberries with a Dog
jld0077 wrote 4 months ago: Right now, my dog is looking down at me from the porch. She’s waiting, waiting, waiting, dog- smilin … more →
Fall Down, Go Boom
jld0077 wrote 5 months ago: Every gardener knows the challenge presented by a dandelion. It’s easy to pull out the greens. The t … more →
