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book review: neurodiversity1 comment

forloveofwords wrote 2 years ago: If you know me personally, I’ve probably already over-enthusiastically recounted to you how li … more →

Tags: Book Review, Psychology, neurodiversity, brain, neurobiology, Thomas Armstrong

book review: Setting the Table

forloveofwords wrote 2 years ago: setting the table For a business self-help book that flaunts a slick portrait on the cover and the o … more →

Tags: Book Review, Business, danny meyer, Setting the Table, Self-Help, Books, business literature

book review: The Creative Process Illustrated

forloveofwords wrote 2 years ago: the book I learned via Twitter that my good friend and former professor Dave was featured in this ne … more →

Tags: Design, Texas Creative, advertising, the Creative Process Illustrated, Creative, de bono

Tinkers by Paul Harding1 comment

forloveofwords wrote 2 years ago: I’m in the middle of my second reading of Tinkers by Paul Harding. It’s so Marilynne Rob … more →

Tags: Literature, Book Review, Tinkers, Paul Harding, Marilynne Robinson

Things Fall Apart + The Second Coming1 comment

forloveofwords wrote 3 years ago: Note: You might want to take a look at the previous few posts to get a frame of reference for this. … more →

Tags: musings, Literature, Yeats, things fall apart, Chinua Achebe, Poety

GLORY2 comments

forloveofwords wrote 3 years ago: Glory (…) – the ultimate point where the past meets the present. Wiggins (381) So I fina … more →

Tags: Literature, Glory, Literary criticism, Book Review, Physics, fission, metaphysics, Past, Marianne Wiggins

thanks a lot, Zeus 1 comment

forloveofwords wrote 3 years ago: It’s official, we are in the midst of an endless winter. We’re due for snow AGAIN next w … more →

Tags: Poetry, musings, Love, Literary criticism, Yeats, Literary Analysis

shutter island3 comments

forloveofwords wrote 3 years ago: So I went to see the movie Shutter Island yesterday thinking, I kid you not, that this is a film abo … more →

Tags: Psychology, Shutter Island, Movie Review, lighthouse, Insanity, Metaphor

Fail! 4 comments

forloveofwords wrote 3 years ago: So I’ve been working on Bloom’s quote for awhile now, and have decided that I’m go … more →

Tags: Literature, Consciousness, Harold Bloom, Literary criticism, jazz, poetic crisis

The thing about love is that we come alive in bodies not our own.1 comment

forloveofwords wrote 3 years ago: A quote from Let the Great World Spin. The Reader’s Guide at the end of the book asks what thi … more →

Tags: musings, On love, Literature, Love, Book Review, Literary Analysis, Let the Great World Spin, Quotes, Colum McCann

It's Complicated6 comments

Brian wrote 3 years ago: Day something or another In response to a recent request: From a man’s perspective, what did I … more →

Tags: Relationships, Date Night

Let the Wild Rumpus Start!1 comment

Anna wrote 3 years ago: Maurice Sendak’s legendary children’s book, Where the Wild Things Are, was carefully crafted – words … more →

Once bitten...or, um mitten16 comments

Anna wrote 3 years ago: I’ve made a reputation for myself for my…”critical dislike” of the Twilight … more →

The Realness of Reality Really Rocks

Nicole wrote 4 years ago: People worry too much.  Okay, okay, present company included – I have my moments.  But let’s look at … more →

Tags: Totally Unrelated, I like horror movies

A New Approach1 comment

Nicole wrote 4 years ago: First let me comment on last night’s debate.  I have to publish this in a public forum or else I mig … more →

Tags: Dating, Life Rocks, Dating sucks like a Hoover, Fun With Politics

Hated It - A Movie Review

Nicole wrote 4 years ago: Two things to realize when you go see Baby Mama:  1. All the funny scenes were in the previews.  2. … more →


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