David Lubar's Blog, page 18

Oatmeal for Sal

Remember, this is Bland Book Week. Read something suitable.

Most important library week of the year

Don't forget to take time to read about your favorite musicians during Band Book Week.

Letting others Speak

There have been many SPEAK OUT posts, but this one was especially good. Paul (not the apostle) and Jesus (the original one) discuss book banning.

Fart Tuesday

Huh? Fart Tuesday? What's that about? Well, there's the Mardis Gras pun, of course. But that alone doesn't justify the reference. However, this coming Tuesday is September 21st, the release (heh, heh) date for Jon Szzckssa's anthology, Guy's Read: Funny Business. So I'm officially declaring tomorrow to be Fart Tuesday (or Mardi Gas, if you prefer), since, like it or not, farts are funny. (Unless they result in 3rd degree burns, in which case, they're merely amusing.)



The book has storie...

sundry Sunday

Home-made pastrami report -- it was tasty but not amazing. I might take one more shot at it, modifying some of the steps.

Jesus wept dept. -- look at the idiot who is slamming Speak. Go to the source for for a good account from Laurie Halse Anderson.

What did I read at the beack last week? I figured I'd bring a book with "Sun" in the title. David M. Gill won out over Hemmingway or Hansberry.



Well done, Mr. Gill.

A cure for the common meat

#1 on today's do list:

Smoke the pastrami.

Despite how it may sound, that is not a euphemism.

Water they trying to say?

How come the spokespersons in those BP commercials about cleaning up the spill seem incapable of actually pronouncing "oil"?

Wisdom on a somber day

Here's the best, and smartest, comment on 9/11, from Ted Koppel.

Widsom on a somber day

Here's the best, and smartest, comment on 9/11, from Ted Koppel.

The lonely only

Okay, smarties. Lend me your ears. Anyone have a problem with the placement of "only" in the following sentence, or does it sound just fine to you?

"It had only taken me five minutes to reach the forest."

I know that strict grammarians hold that "only" must be adjacent to the word or phrase it modifies (in this example, "five minutes"), but in contemporary prose the strict version sounds strange to me. I'm free use either version, but I'm concerned that the preference for the incorrect place...