March 2012
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“In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable. And sometimes if...”
– John Steinbeck on writing (from The Paris Review)
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“I know that no one really wants the benefit of anyone’s experience which...”
– John Steinbeck on getting started to write a novel (from the Paris Review)
February 2012
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“From a very early age, perhaps the age of five or six, I knew that when I grew...”
– George Orwell, Why I Write
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Jonathan Writing →
fortuneandglory:
If you are interested, the link above directs to my new blog, which will be focused on my writing and serve as a hub (eventually) for my original works. Some of it contains reposts from this blog, some of it will be original work, and some of it will be about the process of writing itself (and the eventual quest for publication) - but unlike this blog, all of it will be about my...
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“Being a writer is a very peculiar sort of a job: it’s always you versus a...”
– Neil Gaiman: On Writing
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“The GOP’s drift toward loopyness started in 1993 when Bill Clinton became the...”
– Robert Reich, As Santorum and Romney Battle for the Loony Right, the Rest of Us Should Not Gloat (via sickeninglyliberal)
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I’d probably make out with Robert Downey Jr.
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Anonymous asked: Greetings. It's me: the principal from the school where you work. I just wanted to drop by and let you know you're FIRED! We run a tight ship around here and we believe in wholesome, Christian values. I had no idea you were such a bad influence until I found this blog.... I'm SHOCKED! All these parents I hang out with agree with me: your blog is an abomination, filled with...
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Anonymous asked: what are you like as a teacher? are you ever afraid your students will stumble across your blog?
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Jonathan Writing →
If you are interested, the link above directs to my new blog, which will be focused on my writing and serve a hub (eventually) will my original works. Some of it contains reposts from this blog, some of it will be original work, and some of it will be about the process of writing itself (and the eventual quest for publication) -but unlike this blog, all of it will be about my writing, rather than...
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“When you’re slapped, you’ll take it and like it.”
– Humphrey Bogary as Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon
Every time I see this on television, I have to stop what I’m doing to watch it. Besides Newman, of course, was there anyone cooler than Bogart? I tried using this at the bar once back in college. Needless to say, the meathead didn’t...
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“It was too big for him, that was the truth. It had never really progressed, it...”
– George Orwell, Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Anyone who has poured their soul and years of their time into writing a novel can probably relate to Orwell’s idealistic Gordon Comstock.
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Off to DC for the long weekend. Any restaurant recommendations are welcomed!
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“That’s the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If...”
– Charles Bukowski, Women
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“Well-educated people also possess an enlarged capacity for independent thought....”
– My former English professor and drinking friend brilliantly tears apart Governor Corbett’s proposed slashes to higher education in Pennsylvania’s latest budget.
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“[Jack would] tell Howard what he was going to do once he got some money...”
– Matt Bondurant, The Wettest County in the World
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I love you, Foo Fighters.
That is all.
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“It amazed Forrest that so many men seemed to wake up in the morning needing some...”
– Matt Bondurant, The Wettest County in the World
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Gov. Tom Corbett does not care about you... unless...
Tom Corbett, governor of Pennsylvania, announced today that he will once again be pushing forward his agenda aimed at hindering the lower and middle class citizens of his state.
It is class warfare.
I’m not being provocative. That’s not an extreme statement used by the left to ignite fear as dutiful and blindly loyal Republicans claim. Corbett’s alternative in his...
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Involving families in the education of their...
By the time students have reached high school – particularly their crucial sophomore and junior years – they are generally familiar with the routines of active learning and assessment and they have become accustomed to and integrated into the school’s culture and community. As these students continue to near the crossroad in their life that is high school graduation, it is important that schools...
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Congressman Hurt To Discover Lobbyist Not Really... →
WASHINGTON - According to Capitol Hill sources, Rep. Bobby Schilling (R-IL) came to the painful realization this week that agribusiness lobbyist Stephen Fischer, who had been kind and generous toward him for months and had often met up with him for drinks after work, was not, in fact, his friend.
“Steve used to call all the time to catch up and ask about my family and chat about the...
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When did The Huffington Post become such a joke? Was it before or after AOL acquired it? When the site first came around, I enjoyed the hell out of it. Now, their only concerns seem to be attention-grabbing headlines (that are often misleading), celebrity nip slips, and getting readers to click as often as possible on their site so they can generate more ad revenue.
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The Book of Tumblr Returns: Click here to download... →
theonlybook:
It may have seemed like a long hiatus (because it was), but this project is far from complete. Read the first 30 pages of Tumblr’s very first user-created novel - written by ten different Tumblr users, who each had no idea where the others would be taking the story - by clicking on the link above. Right here is also a story overview of each character in the story so far.
Want to...