It can’t hurt to ask a question, can it? Silvio Berlusconi wanted to know when the church is planning to change the rules about divorced and remarried persons being able to receive Holy Communion according to this BBC report. A rather different tactic than Rudy Guiliani who made his own decision about the appropriateness of […]
Entries from June 25th, 2008
Expressive?
June 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on Expressive? · Older Essays
Today Bill Clinton endorsed Barack Obama. What struck me was the expression on his face was eerily similar to Eliot Spitzer ‘s when he gave his resignation speech. Lips tucked in and turned up. Like a little boy who is loathe to admit he has done something wrong, the damage is irreparable and no checkbook, […]
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Do you remember me, or the frock?
June 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on Do you remember me, or the frock? · Older Essays
Dresses have caused a sensation for years. This is evidenced not only by the popularity of retrospectives, such as the Costume Institute at the Met’s wildly popular, “Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House years” which, as this several time attendee can attest, had a slowly snaking and patient long line of onlookers no matter the day […]
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You can have 7.4 percent of my attention
June 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on You can have 7.4 percent of my attention · Older Essays
We are becoming accustomed working with interruptions as part and parcel of our schedules. Have you ever been on the phone with one person, only to quietly be checking email while they speak? Or worse yet that clacketa clacketa sound of the keyboard like background music, except neither of you are taking Word steno on […]
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