Monthly Archives: September 2007
Educational Television
T.V. used to be just for fun. We watched light fiction like Lucy, or Newhart or the CBS Evening News. We could flip on the T.V. knowing that we wouldn’t be troubled by thought. Then PBS came along. All of … Continue reading
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My Body, My Betrayer
In my teens and twenties my body and I saw things in exactly the same way; we were virtually inseparable. We had an understanding. I fed it all the junk I wanted, never took it out for any kind of … Continue reading
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A Well-Run Household
You see them on TV all the time; houses which are nicer, cleaner, and more attractive than yours the same way a runway model is more appealing than any member of the 1972 East German Women’s Swim Team. The camera … Continue reading
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A Serviceable Villain
For three years I had an arch-nemesis who taxed my patience, cunning and intelligence. This would be a whole lot cooler if she stood more than two feet tall and weighed more than more than fifteen pounds. I’m talking, of … Continue reading
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The Way We Learn Now
So, why was I in Barnes and Nobel at 9:55 p.m. frantically searching for a copy of The Crucible by Arthur Miller (the special Dover edition with the deleted scene)? If you don’t know the answer, you’re obviously not a … Continue reading
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