Comments on: Foolish

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:09:17 +0000

The funny (or sad?) thing is, I wasn’t even trying to be funny!

By: David Harmon

David Harmon — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:52:34 +0000

“Federal Reserve Notes” as a love letter! Funnier than much of what I saw yesterday….

By: Rurality

Rurality — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:59:38 +0000

desire touches everything it changes

heh.

By: dale

dale — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:33:24 +0000

who knows what tongues these words have been on!

:-)

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:36:42 +0000

fits the bill
Groan!

My 8th-grade Latin teacher did that, too, on the first day of class, trying (in vain, I would say) to make the case that Latin is still important, because look, it’s all over the dollar! He did get his dollars back, though.

Thanks for the kind words about my closings. But I do worry sometimes that that skill becomes a bit of a crutch, allowing me to get away with a lot of flaccid writing and thinking as long as I end it in a memorable fashion.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 10:28:48 +0000

I handed each of my students a dollar bill this past fall. I paired them and asked them to use their senses and associations to list everything they could about it. I tried to demonstrate that there are no fatally boring topics. I tried also to get my dollars back.

The next class, each writer used her list to write about the dollar for ten minutes. A few of the writings were quite entertaining, and I’ll use them as models next year. Your piece also fits the bill.

Have I ever told you that you close well? Nice!