Tag Archives: playfulness

The root of beauty …

Posted on June 13, 2020 by nc

… is boldness, wrote Pasternak. “That is what’s brought us to one another.” Apropos: After Wolfgang Pauli had given a colloquium on some ideas related to particle physics, Pauli said to Neils Bohr: “You will probably think that what I … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 23, 2019 by nc

The Martin building, Olympia. Collages by the wonderful David Scherer Water.

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Alpha

Posted on September 28, 2018 by nc

The end is the beginning.

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L’Esprit D’Escalier

Posted on February 11, 2016 by nc

Things have changed, if just a little bit, in ten years. From January 2005: I’ve been hearing dialogue everywhere, dialogue that seems to be coming from the same play. At the end of party I went to recently, a woman told … Continue reading →

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“Epic translation success”

Posted on November 6, 2015 by nc

Read more at the always alert, amusing, and erudite Language Log.

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“Happy”

Posted on March 23, 2014 by nc

Social Media at its most buoyant.

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A Defense of Kristin Stewart …

Posted on February 12, 2014 by nc

… and of the poem she recently published, surrounded by snark, in Marie Claire magazine. The poem is called “My Heart is a Wiffle Ball / Freedom Pole.” Writes poet and UCLA professor Brian Kim Stefans: This [post] is partly to address … Continue reading →

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Communications Exemplar: Gender Shenanigans

Posted on May 21, 2013 by tierneywisniewski

I was delighted today to find that my friend Snipey (aka Alison Gianotto), whom I met last Defcon, was newly conspiring with her friend K2 to create a blog they’ve called Gender Shenanigans, which, as they describe it, . . … Continue reading →

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Advanced Communications Tactics: Coyote Wisdom

Posted on May 13, 2013 by tierneywisniewski

I’ve been thinking about coyote wisdom. Coyote is a main character in the stories of many North American aboriginal cultures; he is a trickster, a wise fool who shows up when everyone’s taking themselves a bit too seriously. He transforms … Continue reading →

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On National Grammar Day: A love letter to language

Posted on March 4, 2013 by tierneywisniewski

It’s fitting that I should write this post on National Grammar Day. Choosing and arranging the right words with the right endings in the right order with the right punctuation isn’t even close to the most interesting thing I could … Continue reading →

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