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LITERATURE: Plagiarism and Politics
This passage from Posner’s The Little Book of Plagiarism is interesting: “Politics may have played the decisive role in [Doris Kearns] Goodwin’s surprisingly swift rehabilitation, as we’ll see; and, speaking of politics, I note that one reason for the ambivalence … Continue reading
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LITERATURE: Plagiarism and…Shakespeare?
First, though the definition of plagiarism has changed over the ages, it seems it’s been around a long time: “–the actual first use may have been much earlier) in something like its modern sense by the Roman poet Martial in … Continue reading
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LITERATURE: The Little Book of Plagiarism – Drawing Lines
On the subject of plagiarism, Posner establishes the differences between infringement, plagiarism, and fair use. As he states: “Reliance and hence fraud and hence plagiarism are matters of expectation.” (p. 31) Which means to me that there is no clearly … Continue reading
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WRITING & The 100 Days Project
Relaxing today, mentally coming down from a three-month routine that included anxious waiting for inspiration from 5:00 a.m. for a couple hours until a more reasonable hour of deliverance. From straining the brain for a new path of story through … Continue reading
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REALITY?: Comin’ Back Into the Atmosphere
The summer’s been tied up more than expected with writing short stories hypertext style but it’s finally over and I’m looking forward to some relaxing (though provocative) reading. I’ve read a very few pages here and there with any number … Continue reading
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WRITING: 24-hour Non-Stop Twittering Stories!
Check out Dene Grigar’s site and twitter #24hr twitter stream of 140-character or less stories (nanofiction?) that started this morning (Pacific Time). I’m going to try to post along and keep up with Dene and friends and am currently on … Continue reading
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REALITY: Time
With only nine more days of the 100 Days Project to go, I’m looking forward to READING! It’s been a full three months of nothing but writing hypertext short stories to the exclusion of just about all else. I’ll remember … Continue reading
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REALITY?: Harvest 2009
Big deal. The first real harvesting of beans and hot peppers. There’s some parsley and dill but not much else. And some poppy seeds. No, not those kind of poppies. This is just the California poppy which is much, much … Continue reading
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CURRENT AFFAIRS: SERIOUSLY,
I don’t understand how, in this atmosphere of economic depression, people don’t see the writing on the wall and do the right thing. I’ve been commenting on Wisebread’s suggestion to small businesses to save money by outsourcing labor to “Virtual … Continue reading
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EDUCATION & CURRENT AFFAIRS: Employment
While every teaching position lost is regrettable due to the personal loss of income for the individuals as well as the impact on students and faculty, I was surprised to see such a low unemployment rate among Connecticut teachers. 1200 … Continue reading
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LITERATURE: Definition?
Mary Ellen, taking a course called Electric Literature (ain’t that cool?) at Trinity College in Hartford, CT recently brought up the question of defining literature beyond the restriction of the written word. I’ve just started reading Richard A. Posner’s The … Continue reading
EDUCATION & CURRENT AFFAIRS: Yes, Every Mom, EVERYBODY Has to Go to College
This page is just too funny to let pass: “80% of Grads Move in With Parents” And this statement, from a new graduate who sounds more like a Miss USA contestant: “There are a lot of, like, openings, especially with … Continue reading
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BLOGGING: Server Issues and Commenting
Because Lunar has threatened to kick me off for over-utilizing resources I’m doing everything I can to adhere to their instructions, though I can’t understand how these two weblogs are hogging resources (I suspect rather that the server is under-resourced). … Continue reading
WRITING: A Lot
While I’ve had the best of intentions, it’s obvious that I’ve little time to read the past couple of months. But what’s better than reading? Only writing, and that I’ve been doing dawn till hours after dusk. We’re at day … Continue reading
HYPERTEXT: Poetry
In the middle of this 100 Days Project I’d like to point out that our chief storyteller here has just been published in the latest issue of the literary journal online, #10 Drunken Boat. Steve Ersinghaus‘ piece titled That Night, … Continue reading
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The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology