Author Archive
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
A new ephblog feature begins …
Swart said Kane needed something to humanize the ephblog and he suggested (well, he rather strong-armed me) that I apply my knowledge of human nature and my penchant for giving advice to provide a service for ephblog readers with problems of a personal nature..
So here we are. I have been provided with a few letters [...]
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Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
“Roseblog …”
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
There is one man between us and 2nd place …
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Saturday, August 23rd, 2008
The List: St. Thomas Aquinas considers …
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
The Ghost of Cal King Past …
shows Morty Shapiro what Spring Street was like when Phinneywhig was president.
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Coming LIVE to a theater near you …
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Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Ephblog readers well-informed …
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
I dibs the shoe …
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Sunday, August 10th, 2008
Williams: The Fashion Gap …
I was appalled yesterday when the latest Vanity Fair issue on Fashion weighted down my mail box!
Opening quickly to see if my sartorial explorations combining Doc Martens with the Orvis catalogue had raised a stir, I was disappointed. With listings for Best Dressed in Men, Women, Couples, Siblings, All-Stars and Evergreens - a total 39 [...]
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Saturday, August 9th, 2008
With Apologies to W S Gilbert …
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Entertaining Mr Sloane - Here’s another fine mess …
… you’ve gotten us into!
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Thursday, July 31st, 2008
The more I think about it …
the more it works for me!
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Monday, July 28th, 2008
Hey, Lighten up. It’s summertime …
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2008/jun/16/advertising
I’m sure Heinz and BBDO didn’t consult Garrison Keilor’s Ketchup Advisory Board/Mayo Speciality Group.
But I like to believe that both liberals and conservatives can agree on that great taste! Has Bill Kristol ever said “Hold the Mayo”?
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
dkane accepts National Enquirer Award for Journalism …
Some present were calling “clean cup, clean cup!”.
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Hockney Named Swim Coach at Williams …
The New England school, well-known for athletics and its art programs, combines both aspects in this break-through appointment.
Readers are encouraged to submit their own improbable but interesting appointments.
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
New Blog? Go for it …
an update featuring Herb Allen.
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Rough draft found in blog chest of drawers …
Maybe I shouldn’t have been poking around in the odd corners of the blog, but I was and I found this ruff of notes for a future post marked ’still more dkane rants’. It follows:
“Must get more ire and spleen in blog. Pictures of summer in the Berkshires going to saccharine. I want more enraged [...]
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Just one more …
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Recht’s not going to be happy with me …
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
It’s a simple matter of adding human proportion …
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Another letter …
The yellowed envelope the postman delivered on Tuesday with the printed address ‘Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Beane, 40 Pine Street, New York 4, New York” crossed out smacked of a frugality honed for a lifetime. As did the corner of a block of 3 cent Lewis and Clark stamps making up the necessary postage, [...]
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Monday, March 31st, 2008
“Let’s Purple Cow this …”
Yeah, I’d never heard or seen of one being used as a verb until this article in The Atlantic on John McCain, lobbyists, and the FCC.
Here’s the potential trouble for McCain: intervening with the FCC to force a vote on a lobbyist’s behalf is a lot like a self-dealing lawmaker earmarking money on a [...]
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Smoke gets in your eyes (rev1) …
I submit this story not as political polemic but to ask the question in this time of increased drug surveillance, where does the President get what he’s smoking (and where can I get some)? Dark side of the moon in Hood River PS In keeping with doobie post and since I have been accurately identified as ‘impudent’, [...]
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Sunday, March 9th, 2008
Steroids : Adderall as Sports : Academe ?
This article in the NYT was sent to me by a close relative in Palo Alto who has two papers due on Friday. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/weekinreview/09carey.html Given the interesting exchange under the Fay Vincent posting, I wonder if any ephbloggers in the Vale of Academe have any comments on the ethics/use of Adderall, Provigil etc. on measured [...]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Old King Coal …
I didn’t have a top-of-mind awareness of coal ( well, Blue Coal sponsored “The Shadow” on radio and the movie “Brassed Off’ on the closing of the Grimley mine in Yorkshire was great if you were an old brass player) until I saw an ad campaign about coal as the clean fuel - somewhat the [...]
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
Stamp, Stamp, Stamp, the Boy’s are Marching!
Welcome, Eph Stamp-lovers to the exciting world of Philately! Yes “lickin’ and stickin” grows in popularity every year. So let’s just jumpr right in!
The metric system has evolved from the French (“metre”)units of 1790 to be officially recognized by the Eleventh General Conference on Weights and
Measures as the International System of Units (SI) in 1960. [...]
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
This old gentrified House!
Yes. this is a place for all Ephs to talk over those pesky problems that come up all to oftern as one is gentrifying that great inner-city buy!
Lets start with those pesky drains:
Plumbing problems normally become self-evident pretty quickly: drains clog up, faucets drip, broken pipes spray, and so forth. Most minor plumbing problems are [...]
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
It’s All about Cooking!
Welcome to the world of Eph-proven recipes. Your opportunity to exchange those treasured recipes handed down from generation to generation of food-loving families!
And here to start us out:
Madeleines!
1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter (6 ounces)
2 tablespoons softened unsalted butter (for greasing pan)
3/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
4 large eggs
a pinch fine-grain sea salt
2/3 cups sugar
zest of one [...]
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
A letter from an old classmate …
Darned if I didn’t receive a letter the other day postmarked Quark Island, ME, sent with dog-eared lick ‘em stamps that added up to 41¢ and written in ink with what I can only imagine was a Parker 51 fountain pen.
Sure enough, it was from my old roommate Rechtal Turgidley, Jr.
Swart, (it started).
I borrowed my [...]
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
New Ideas from Old Nassau: Would you have benefitted from a delayed start/service year?
While my time at Williams may have been more in the spirit of Scott Fitzgerald, here is an interesting idea reported in the New York Times today. My question: What would you be today if you had had this service year before starting ? Were you too young when you were in Sage or Williams?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/o2/19/education/19educ.htmMy [...]
