Monday, April 22, 2013

Ravine


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  1. Howard is as light in the ravine of political life.

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  2. The sun is shining and Lilacs and Shad are opening their buds.

    All the snow is gone, even from the darkest shadows, and it's 56F outside.

    Why, then, is the breeze still icy?

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  3. Alan, like listener I enjoy your observations.

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  4. Just submitted "World Enough and Time" to Analog via their electronic submission form. The verbiage says response time of about five weeks. So I should hear by the beginning of June at latest.

    Maybe I'm morbid, maybe just practical; but my immediate thought on seeing the link to the electronic submission form was, Well, at least I don't have to pay to get a rejection. Good vibes greatly appreciated. Not altogether sure who the patron saint of writers is. I'm inclined to think maybe Thomas Aquinas or maybe Augustine of Hypo? But I'll check it out. Also a word to St. Jude might not come amiss?

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  5. According to saints.com:

    Patrons of writers

    Francis de Sales
    John the Apostle
    Lucy of Syracuse
    Paul the Apostle

    Think I'll go with John, the good old BD. I expect he has a lot of drag. I also love his writing.

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  6. Guess whose baby sister is mentioned in The New Yorker's Toast of the Town column? Look for Honore Ervin.

    http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/04/toast-of-the-town.html

    I'm just about to read it myself.

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    1. THAT was delightful!!

      (and yes, I'd go with John. Best writer of the bunch.)

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    2. Sis is pretty excited.

      IMO John is not only the best writer but also, not coincidentally, wrote the best stuff in the NT.

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    3. So Facebook is the new Meetup?

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