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Taking Stock
ONE OF MY FIRST EVENINGS in Honolulu back in the the summer of 2003 involved going out to eat with my one friend and many of my new co-workers. I think we had Japanese food, though that memory eludes me. … Continue reading
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Being Mosby: The Lesson of Shelter Island
second in a series ROBIN SCHERBATZKY has been the more difficult of Ted Mosby’s friends to like long-term. Introduced in the first episode of How I Met Your Mother, Robin is the one who Ted falls for more than any … Continue reading
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A Less Immediate Life
LATELY I’VE BEEN READING the latest book by Anne Lamott. Her most recent memoir, titled Some Assembly Required, is a journal of the first year of her grandson’s life. Throughout the journal she takes time to interview her son, Sam, … Continue reading
And So, The Cruelest Month
APRIL IS THE CRUELEST MONTH, T. S. Eliot wrote at the beginning of his masterpiece, “The Waste Land.” And so here we are, this first day of April. For the poet, April was cruel for its “breeding/ Lilacs out of … Continue reading
Stop. Go. Stop Again.
THESE LAST FEW DAYS have been packed . . . and rainy. . . and windy. The end of the a quarter is always a stressful time, especially when it involves major things beyond the classroom. This quarter has been … Continue reading
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Learning and Lent
HOPEFULNESS seems like a strange way to start the season of Lent, I suppose. With a closer look, though, I think we’d find every religious impulse, every act of faith, so somehow rooted in hope. Even discipline. Perhaps with discipline … Continue reading
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The Importance of Being Mosby
The First in an Occasional Series of Reflections on a Monday Night Television Show GOOD NETWORK SITCOMS aren’t easy to come by these days. Some are quite popular but also pretty flat. Others find themselves revolving around overly-obnoxious characters a … Continue reading
Can You Begin Again?
TWENTY YEARS AGO, U2 released Achtung Baby, the album that would surpass The Joshua Tree as the band’s best in the eyes and ears of many. Last year, Davis Guggenheim released a documentary about the period of time between those … Continue reading
