Monthly Archives: October 2014

A Bigger Tent

I am giving away no secrets by acknowledging that I’m getting older. (What else, pray tell, would I be doing?) Aging, while no Sunday stroll in the park, has its privileges. Lots and lots of them, in fact. Among the … Continue reading

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Just a Phase

Periodically the recording industry flexes itself into a new technology. Sometimes the transition goes smoothly, and sometimes not. Consider the move from acoustic to electric recording in the mid-1920s, as emergent radio brought microphones, amplifiers, and speakers into the picture, … Continue reading

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Rules of Engagement

The pedagogy folk, i.e., those who spin elaborate theories about education from the rarefied heights of their ivory-tower aeries, are enthralled with the idea of “engagement.” They cough up lengthy academic tracts bristling with terminology: consider “The Construct Validity of … Continue reading

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Glue Pot

We have at my workplace a paper towel dispenser that cannot properly dispense a paper towel. It can rip, shred, and tear a paper towel. It can peremptorily dump a half-dozen folded paper towels into your hand or onto the … Continue reading

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