Articles from August 2005

Ian Fleming, Dead; Avarice, Just Fine

August 31st, 2005 · Comments Off on Ian Fleming, Dead; Avarice, Just Fine

It can be argued that death shouldn’t be an impediment, yet for so many of us, drawing that last breath heralds the end of our creativity. But should our greatest achievements suffer for our mortality. No, says Ian Fleming Publications, that’s just wrong. Long live Bond and all that. Oh sure, it’s not like 007 […]

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In Which We Display, Yet Again, Our Ignorance

August 31st, 2005 · 4 Comments

Here is a real-life problem: say you are cruising through your morning reading, coffee at the exact right temperature. Suddenly, you encounter a lead sentence that gives you pause. Not the good, thoughtful kind of pause. The kind of pause that makes you swallow said exactly right temperatured coffee the wrong way. The kind of […]

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Note To Authors Who Might Eventually Become Beloved Enough To Be Taught To High School Freshmen: Leave Detailed, Well-Annotated Paper Trail. Also Back-Ups on USB Drives.

August 31st, 2005 · Comments Off on Note To Authors Who Might Eventually Become Beloved Enough To Be Taught To High School Freshmen: Leave Detailed, Well-Annotated Paper Trail. Also Back-Ups on USB Drives.

Don’t get us wrong — we understand obsession. There is something. . .time sucking about worrying a matter to death. It’s almost as if the entire human psyche was constructed to use obsession to avoid reality. It sure beats paying the bills. For absolute proof of our theory, one needs look no further than the […]

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Next They’ll Be Telling Us The Sky Isn’t Falling

August 30th, 2005 · 6 Comments

We are off to an unconscionably early morning meeting and, while we’d prefer to hang out with our blog, have no time. Let us just say the husband has started wielding an iron and asking questions about how it works. Like we’d know. Thus we leave you with an article to ponder. There will be […]

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Cheap Blog Humor

August 29th, 2005 · 2 Comments

Yeah, we’re in a picture sort of mood this morning. We should be back to normal soon. Doonesbury, Monday, August 29

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Kate Atkinson Has Surfaced Over At The Co-Op

August 29th, 2005 · Comments Off on Kate Atkinson Has Surfaced Over At The Co-Op

As promised, and after many delays, Kate Atkinson, the first choice of the LitBlog Co-Op’s quarterly “Read This” read for her book Case Histories, has taken the reins over at the Co-Op. Cleverly, she posted in the middle of the night, thinking nobody would notice. We will not tell her about RSS… In her first […]

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The Secret Life of Apostrophes

August 29th, 2005 · 2 Comments

Today’s first post comes courtesy of the husband. While in some households, his accompanying statement would be taken as a joke, we never jump to conclusions: “How come nobody told me about the rule where you’re supposed to put an apostrophe after words that end in vowels? That could come in handy.” Bob’s Quick Guide […]

File Under: Tools and Craft

If Your Marketing Guru Is A Spammer, Run Away. Fast.

August 26th, 2005 · 4 Comments

Have you been spammed by Bookman Marketing LLC? If not, it’s only a matter of time. The proprieter, one Brien Jones, apparently spends his days harvesting email addresses (based on our admittedly limited research, he trolls various websites; today’s spam was addressed to an address that has nothing to do with writing, via a website […]

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How To Lose Customers and Alienate Audiences

August 26th, 2005 · Comments Off on How To Lose Customers and Alienate Audiences

Hmm, let’s see, one hand you have a product that dominates a certain market. On the other, not so much. You, a business, decide to utilize a particular technology to provide your services to your customers. It makes perfect sense that you would choose the less popular, less ubiquitous platform to deliver your goods. After […]

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Push, Push, Push

August 26th, 2005 · Comments Off on Push, Push, Push

Yesterday, we observed an interesting conversation about text messaging (observed because we, alas, do not play this game). One person lamented the fact that text messaging isn’t a true American sport; another noted that texting is great, something to do in those moments between breaths; and, yet another declared that a text message is like […]

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