Tag: commentary
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RE-BLOGGED: Should we try to Auto-Correct Humanity In This Strange And Lonely New World?
[This excellent post by Steve is so good, in my opinion, that I would like to take this opportunity to re-blog here on Sometimes, with an accompanying post of my own in a separate article, which will be published later today.]
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Who said Girls are Not Good at Math?
One of the things I always wanted to understand is the wonders of Math. My algebra teacher said “try, try again, if at first you fail. An understatement…like trying to teach Math to a whale. Here is a poem I’ve penned (so to speak) which conveys the point I am trying to make for no…
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What Do Readers Really Want?
So far I’ve published 105 posts, covering all kinds of subjects from poison ivy to politics. Hmmm…do I see a pattern here? Just kidding. Poison Ivy is real and annoying, and Politics–surreal and ridiculous sometimes. I’ve written about myself…mostly adventures and quirks. Other posts featured butterflies, Cuba, TV shows, Will Smith, the Aztec Calendar, and…
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They did WHAT to Bubblewrap?
Some things just should never change. Like bubblewrap, the impossibly satisfying packing material that is used to protect all sorts of products…from computer components to special delicacies like chocolates or fragile cookies…during shipping from factory to consumer. For anyone who has been marooned on Mars for a couple of decades, bubblewrap is made of two…
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Who am I to have an About Page? Part 2: Me and the War
In the first installment of this feature, Who Am I to have an About Page? http://mumbletymuse.com/so-who-am-I-to-have-an-About-Page-?/ I started out as a newcomer to the world on a Friday the 13th, and by the end of Part One I had been to California and back, eaten part of a persimmon and part of a gourd, and…
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Hey, news anchors…how about talking to US?
This thing about being left out during news broadcasts has bugged me for a long time. Some are more blatant than others. These are the choreographed news shows in which there are two anchors: let’s call them George and Mabel. They have correspondents out in the rain…or snow, or hurricane winds, or war zone…just standing…
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Shades of Ricky Ricardo…or Cuba Rises Again
[This article was originally posted here on December 18, 2014, at the time of the original event. I am re-posting it on the eve of the historic visit to Cuba by Pope Francis, on September 20, 2015.]. The bombshell news of President Obama’s restoration of diplomatic relations with Cuba came as a surprise, sort of,…
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Killing the Messenger…or, What Would Jack Bauer Do?
Often the” tattle-tale” gets in more trouble than the actual culprit. The kid that breaks the vase while showing off baseball prowess in the living room gets less flack than the sibling who tells on him. The gang-banger who reports a robbery to police will be permanently ostracized by peers, while the robber gets off with a slap on the wrist. …
A State of Mind 