I know you’ve been waiting breathlessly for Pantone’s announcement of its Color of the Year 2022. So I won’t prolong the suspense: Their About Pantone Color of the Year paragraph says something about technology and doesn’t even begin to explain their image of purple fur and bubbles. But true to form, their appropriately purple prose … Continue reading Pantone’s done it again
THE INVITATION by Oriah Mountain Dreamer It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking … Continue reading When we meet …
Back in 2012 when Fareed Zakaria was caught quoting another author’s work without attribution (commonly referred to as plagiarism), his employers investigated and, for the most part, let him off the hook. After all, he did apologize. Now it seems those determined investigators over at Our Bad Media, @blippoblappo and @crushingbort, have dug up some more Zakaria … Continue reading Zakaria a plagiarist? You be the judge
I was finally able to remember that ISIS, the jihadist group that’s rolling through Iraq now, stands for Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Learned it well enough to type it without having to look it up every time (don’t count just now, when I originally typed Iran instead of Iraq). Then this afternoon I turned on the … Continue reading ISIS or ISIL, they’re still just terrorists
Shades of Tom Clancy. The Russian Navy. The Cold War. The Cuban missile crisis. Putin. Ukraine. Sochi. Russian invasion. All running through my head this afternoon. Déjà vu, etc. Reports vary, but it appears the Russians may have invaded Crimea, the southern peninsula of Ukraine, an independent, autonomous republic. Airports were seized, TV stations surrounded, … Continue reading Crimea and the Clancy coincidence
I’ve no idea how the subject came up a few days ago when I was talking with my son. But suddenly he was telling me what Tom Clancy had told him a few years ago*: In the movie The Hunt for Red October (1990), the idea to have the Russian submariners sing was heavily influenced … Continue reading Clancy’s inspiration for the Red October music/singing
Until now I’ve had confidence in the online journal LiveScience. But a story I read there yesterday has left me with some serious doubts. It has several errors in it, which probably wouldn’t be noticed by anyone unfamiliar with Colorado’s Front Range. But in my mind they completely undermine the story’s credibility and cast a shadow … Continue reading LiveScience confuses facts in Colorado flood story
I heard it on TV again this morning. Someone said “brinkmanship.” In the same conversation, I also heard “brinksmanship.” That’s been the case for a month or so whenever media types are discussing the antics in Washington, and I’ve been meaning to consult a dictionary. I’ve always said “brinksmanship,” with an s after brink. Never really … Continue reading Brinkmanship or brinksmanship?
Tom Clancy, self-described “boy writer,” recounts his life immediately before and after the publication of his first novel, “The Hunt for Red October.” Continue reading Becoming Tom Clancy: My letters from Tom – Part 4 of 4
Tom Clancy, self-described “boy writer,” recounts events immediately before and after the publication of his first novel, “The Hunt for Red October.” Continue reading Becoming Tom Clancy: My letters from Tom – Part 3 of 4
Tom Clancy, self-described “boy writer,” recounts events immediately before and after the publication of his first novel, “The Hunt for Red October.” Continue reading Becoming Tom Clancy: My letters from Tom – Part 2 of 4
Tom Clancy, self-described “boy writer,” recounts events immediately before and after the publication of his first novel, “The Hunt for Red October.” Continue reading Becoming Tom Clancy: My letters from Tom – Part 1 of 4
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