ate with mike rozier. he shared move toward goal advice based on the faith of lepers (as they were going, they were cleansed), caravaggio recs
watched roller coaster of a tweet, zola. you look a lot like whoopi goldberg edf to publish methane pollution captured via satellite
read over / under count in the 2020 census, worse measurement of latinos than 2010. next time you get a blood test, have them take all of it out
watched ousmane sembene's (wolof) mandabi (money order), poor man and two wives struggle to cash a check, leaking promissory notes en route
read the kansas city star's copy style sheet, made famous by hemingway
use short sentences. use short first paragraphs. use vigorous english. be positive, not negative
slang to be enjoyable must be fresh
in reference to specified time the word on is superfluous. why write on january 16; on tuesday? january 16 and tuesday are enough
don't split verbs: he probably will go, not he will probably go. it previously had been shown better; not it had previously been better shown
say "she was born in ireland and came to jackson county in 1874." not "but came to jackson county." she didn't come here to make amends for being born in ireland. this is common abuse of the conjunction
he died of heart disease, not heart failure - everybody dies of "heart failure"
if is used to introduce a suppositional clause, as. i shall not go if it rains. it is incorrect to say: i do not know if i can go. the correct form is whether: i do not know whether i can go
a woman of the name mary jones - disrespect is attached to the individual in such sentences. avoid it. never use it even referring to street walkers
marked the end of robert krughoff's tenure at checkbook
read intimations: six essays by zadie smith
talking to yourself can be useful. and writing means being overheard
plagued in the permanent sense, by not having the foresight to be america
like pugs who have been lifted out of a body of water, our little limbs keep pumping on, as they did when we were hurrying off to our workplaces. do we know how to stop?
mel gibson, in a director's chair, calmly talking to jesus christ himself. jesus (also in a director's chair) was patiently listening, while soaked from head to toe in blood and wearing his crown of thorns. the caption read: explaining to my friends with kids under six what it's been like isolating alone
not often you meet a fertility goddess at the 98 bus stop
sometimes they say free hugs. (note to pretty swedish backpackers: they're not free)
making small talk is an art
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