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I mean, face it. Whom is superfluous to requirements, and no one knows how to use it. Well, maybe you do, if you were taught rigorous sentence parsing, or diagramming, in elementary school and remember all about it. Now, I … Continue reading →

I find myself in marketing mode, and as usual, I keep going to the job boards, even though the likelihood of something from them is the same as winning the lottery. I keep seeing the same requirement: Excel. Really? I … Continue reading →

I have a notion about publishing. Let me just work through it for a minute. Publishing used to be a cozy, profitable industry, probably of medium size, somewhere between art supplies and big steel. It was highly respected; ambitious young … Continue reading →

Sunset tonight will be later than last night. This statement of hope is true for half the year. Tonight, however, begins a period of acceleration in the increase of daylight, noticeable even to astronomers without clocks and telescopes. It is … Continue reading →

I’ve read a lot of economics in recent years, and I like it. My introduction to it was a little unusual. I started by copyediting test banks, which are boring, boring, boring. They ask the same questions over and over, … Continue reading →

I have a cell phone that I don’t like. This is not to imply that I might like any cell phone. There is no chance of that. The thing tries too hard without actually being helpful and is to too … Continue reading →

First let me boast disclose say that I (KD) get paid to sit home and read nonfiction. This gives me a certain bias: I expect to get paid for reading nonfiction. Therefore, I rarely—very rarely—otherwise get more than a quarter … Continue reading →

I’m following up on Kate’s post for charity. One of the requirements for a tax deduction is that the charity must qualify under section 501 (c)(3) of the IRS code. So your dues to a fraternal organization are not. While … Continue reading →

And you want your dang tax deduction, so you’re not going to drop it all in begging boxes. Infinity is at your door, in your snail mailbox, in your e-inbox, sobbing out its stories, hand infinitely outstretched. How do you … Continue reading →

I used to spend an hour each morning reading various newspapers.  When they were real paper, we took three and I looked at all of them.  This morning I was done in about fifteen minutes. Part of that, I admit, … Continue reading →