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Andy Hollandbeck
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Saturday Evening Post managing editor, clarinetist, mediocre pianist, writer, and lapsed peevologist. He who sows thorns should not go barefoot.
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I just discovered the worst way to eat lunch: Halfway between two TVs with the sound on airing the same station but out of sync by a full second.

Restaurateurs know that they aren't required to have two dozen flat-panel screens, don't they?
In college, I read Anthem, Atlas Shrugged, Fountainhead, We the Living, The Virtue of Selfishness, and Philosophy: Who Needs It.

And since none of that is really recorded anywhere, the answer to Amy's question is THE THING YOU'RE READING RIGHT NOW.
Does Lindsey always capitalize like los shitgibbon anaranjado, or was this maybe written for him?
When Editing Gets Hard, If You Know What I Mean
A Hint of Spice
A Nod and a Wink and an Editor
Where's That Steam Coming From?
But also, there may be Muppets involved.
I am told I look like I am planning a caper
A compendium is just a symposium without the booze.

This is an etymology joke.
(And probably not a good one.)
Because it can't be reiterated enough: "antifa" means "anti-fascist." I am proudly an "antifa type," and we all should be.
Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"
Being called a billionaire.
What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?
Today in How Not to Get Published:

A submission that is not only written in Comic Sans, it's written in brown, boldfaced Comic Sans. (With two spaces after every period.)

You're selling words, and no amount of gussying up will make a publication want to buy the wrong words.
Today's Connections is going to piss off a lot of logophiles.
FinalMss_F.docx
FinalMss_F_FINAL.docx
FinalMss_F_FINAL_proofed.docx
FinalMss_F_FINAL_proofed_revisions.docx
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/
"The chancellor approved it"
I'm reading a book about anti-gravity and I can't put it down!
I’m reading a book about quarks but I’ve got an unusual spin on it.
I, for one, am not ready to give up on "bade."
Despite your carnival face paint, no one is lionizing you either.
The Judas Iscariot DLC costs an extra $19.99.
"nearly all 12 apostles"?

I don't want to download this app just to figure out how many apostles you can talk to but I do want the minutes of the meeting where they decided which ones to include.
Virtual Jesus? People of faith divided as AI enters religion.

One app, which is called Text with Jesus, has thousands of paying subscribers. It lets people ostensibly ask questions of Mary, Joseph, Jesus and nearly all 12 apostles
u.afp.com/SmoK
See what a different statement it is when you spell out DEI?
An edition of Fahrenheit 451 that catches on fire when you open it.
My long-time WIP includes, as background, the establishment of the American Catholic Church after a split from the "too liberal" Roman Catholic Church.

Once again, I need to get this novel written and published while it's still fiction.
“If there is a shutdown, I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States. He’s the one who has to get people together!” —Donald Trump, 2011
Is this some sense of "mount" that I don't know?
Does this apply to all public libraries or just school libraries?
Professionally, @merriam-webster.com is my go-to dictionary. Personally, I am a huge fan of Merriam-Webster. Rarely do they not deliver.

But sometimes . . .