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All Hail! Steven Pinker!
You gotta love Steven Pinker. He puts such high polish on the gruesome aspects of our world; he makes me believe there’s hope. For those of us who may not be familiar, Steven Pinker is a psychology professor at Harvard … Continue reading
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Tagged Humanism, Rationality, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of our Natures
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The Disingenuous Gall of Kitchen Fees
The first time I ate at a restaurant that delivered me a check with a surcharge tacked on to support the kitchen staff, I was miffed. Another hidden cost. The meal was over, the tab delivered, I wasn’t of a … Continue reading
A Word to the Wise: A Word to Avoid
I’m not talking about the N-word or the B-word or the C-word, or even the F-word; though there are damned few times when uttering any of those syllables actually help a situation. I’m talking about that personally pernicious word that … Continue reading
Fairview
I recently caught an afternoon matinee of Speakeasy Stage’s production of Fairview, one of the oddest, yet unsettling, pieces of theater I’ve seen in some time. The longish one act divides into three discrete segments. The first half hour or … Continue reading
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Tagged Fairview, Jackie Sibbles Drury, Speakeasy Stage Company
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Remembering Jimmy Carter
Ever since he entered hospice care a few weeks ago, at age 97, reminiscences and accolades of Jimmy Carter have fluttered across the cyber-sphere. They triggered my own memories of the peanut farmer turned President turned humanitarian: the only President … Continue reading
Marathon of My Parole Hearing
Guest Post by Michael ”Skylar” Theroux; she/her/her; MTheroux@MWCC.edu Mike Theroux and I have been Black & Pink Masschusetts pen pals for the past two years. Mike is currently serving a sentence at NCCI Gardner; her parole hearing is this Friday, … Continue reading
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Tagged Black & Pink, Black & Pink Massachusetts, Boston Marathon, parole
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Spring Break
Taking a bit of time to reenergize my thoughts. The Awkward Poser will be back, refreshed. In the meantime, all the best to my readers.
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No Worries
“Greetings Comrade! This is Casey from Cleveland. I am coming to Cambridge for a couple of days to attend a conference on climate change. Can I stay with you?” A typical message from a prospective couchsurfer. Unfortunately, I will be … Continue reading
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Tagged English language, euphemisms, no worries, slang phrases
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Boycott the Box
Time We All Stop Providing Data on Race Five years ago, I published a post, “Call Me White,” that describes how I came to use the adjective “white” to describe myself. If I use terms like Black and Brown to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bureaucracy, Data Collection, Ethnicity, Race, Race and Ethnicity
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One Acclaimed, One Obscure: Two Terrific Movies on Netflix
There was a time when I saw every Academy-Award nominated Best Film, Actor, Actress, and screenplay nominee before the awards presentation. But when Best Film nominees expanded from five to ten, what had been a game became a chore. I … Continue reading
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