May 2013
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April 2013
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And there will come a time, you’ll see, with no more tears. And love will not break your heart, but dismiss your fears. Get over your hill and see what you find there, With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair.
- “After The Storm,” Mumford & Sons
Whenever I listen to Mumford & Sons, I always think of Dad.
This song came on with perfect timing after I started...
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March 2013
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The Best of Michael Lewis →
tetw:
20 great articles, all free to read online
A huge collection of amazing articles by one of the world’s best journalists, and a brilliant teller of true stories.
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“All her life, she subscribed to the belief that ‘everything is copy,’ a phrase her mother, Phoebe, used to say. In fact, when Phoebe was on her deathbed, she told my mother, ‘Take notes.’ She did. What both of them believed was that writing has the power to turn the bad things that happen to you into art (although ‘art’ was a word she hated). ‘When...
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February 2013
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When I was learning to ride my bicycle without training wheels, Dad patiently walked alongside as I figured out how to keep my handlebars straight. Tom had already taken off down the street, and I badly wanted to ride after him and demonstrate that I too could ride my big new bike. I told Dad to let go, grit my teeth and leaned forward on the bike seat. After only a few slow pedals, I felt the...
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“My dear father; my dear friend; the best and wisest man I ever knew, who taught...”
– Dedication to Theodore H. Jewett, by Sarah Orne Jewett, Country By-Ways
January 2013
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WatchCheck out what I did during the presidential inauguration!
In addition to building @inaugblog’s Twitter following from the ground up, I wrote an article about how social media has evolved since 2004, and helped produce an infographic.
PBS NewsHour made it all possible, and I’m so grateful to have had the opportunity to travel to D.C. for this once-in-a-lifetime event. I’ll...
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Watchmattyrab:
Historical moments in shade throwing, Inauguration Edition 2013. Keep your eyes on FLOTUS’ reaction to what Boehner said to her and POTUS.
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“Eventually, they grew uncomfortably aware that they were under my observation. They began to shuffle their feet and wriggle, as if my regard pinned them like live insects to a board. The assistants too became restless and began to wonder what to do in these unforeseen circumstances. They decided that there was nothing for it but to distribute something under the eyes of this inquisitive...
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“I think it was the day after the iPhone was announced, and he had one for me … So he decides to hook it up for me. So he gets on the phone to AT&T, and he’s going to hook up my phone. And it’s not going well. Eventually he pulls the ‘I’m Steve Jobs’ card. And I’m sure the guy on the other end said, ‘Yeah buddy, and I’m...
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December 2012
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“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say...”
– Fred Rogers
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November 2012
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The Reviews Are In
braiker:
laphamsquarterly:
A few choice contemporary responses to the Gettysburg Address:
Chicago Times: ”The cheeks of every American must tingle with shame as he reads the silly, flat, and dishwatery utterances.”
Harrisburg Patriot and Union: ”We pass over the silly remarks of the President; for the credit of the Nation we are willing that the veil of oblivion shall be dropped over them and...
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