Tag: writing

Dear readers, I’m not sure where I’m headed

8 February, 2012 (12:00) | Memories

When I was in college, I had a creative writing class.  It was a small class, less than 20 of us, and we met in one of the cool nationality rooms at Pitt.  The professor’s last name was Hall, and I enjoyed her and the class tremendously.  I don’t claim to have had a special […]

Click here to see the full text

Hall’s Rule of Social Order #236

5 September, 2011 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

wikipedia may not be a valid source to cite, but all the cited sources on the wikipedia page are free game.

Click here to see the full text

Words… are… slowly demeaning their meanings

2 September, 2011 (12:00) | Thoughts & Ideas

Talking with Chris Olivieri one day, we got into how cursive is useless and shouldn’t be taught any more.  If we wanted to teach children how to write differently, teach them a different language.  To take that a step further, you could teach everyone in the world the same extra language.  That might draw us all a […]

Click here to see the full text

Hall’s Rule of Social Order # 161

9 May, 2011 (12:00) | Hall's Rules of Social Order

Get it in writing.  Otherwise, It’s your fault if they don’t follow through.

Click here to see the full text