This and That

MORE MUSIC
You ask if I'll write any more songs? At least one. Not a love song; a song about whether I am going to write any more songs: No More To Say. There are three Easter eggs. Can you find the lyrics from my other songs making a cameo appearance? Since most of you haven't listened,  the only readers with a chance are my daughters. Be the first to comment, girls.
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Favorite Tree
There’s no stopping Semi-Rad: Having A Favorite Tree
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1^st Impeachment Hearing
Charlie Sykes of The Bulwark wrote: “The charitable view is that the first hearing was a dumpster fire inside a clown car wrapped in a fiasco. To put it mildly, the GOP did not bring their best.”
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Graceful Exits
There are about 900 memes on the Internet quoting Ellen Goodman on the subject of graceful exits. To the best of my knowledge, I am the only person who has posted the full October 1976 column in which she coined the phrase. It arrived on a day when my live was in chaos. I appreciated it then; I appreciate it now.
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Future of News
There may be a future for professionally reported and edited local news; just not ad-supported dead-tree news. Thank you Reid Ashe, for finding Leonard Downie’s op-ed in the Washington Post (or Editor& Publisher). Surely you can get past either the paywall or the begging wall.
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Dead Horses
I recently posted, “When your horse is dead, dismount.” Well, Brendan Leonard offers an anecdote which begins, “Many of us have never beaten a dead horse,” following which he stopped beating the… well you know.