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In case you were unaware, the Intramuralist has at times been quite specific about the love of grammar. In fact — hands down — my favorite punctuation mark is the question. Asking questions. I love it. To ask a question implies humility. It’s the only punctuation mark that invites a response.
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In the words of one infamous, fairly muscular Arnold, “I’m baaaaaackkkk!” And I’m thrilled and psyched to be here! Friends, what a joy it’s been... First allow me to affirm our excellent guest writers... They offered insight and opinion that was spoken from their point of view.
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In the words of one infamous, fairly muscular Arnold, “I’m baaaaaackkkk!” And I’m thrilled and psyched to be here! Friends, what a joy it’s been... First allow me to affirm our excellent guest writers... They offered insight and opinion that was spoken from their point of view.
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[Note: this post was penned prior to last week’s provocative, public dance by Miley Cyrus. In other words, the lines were already blurry.] Everybody get up! I'm up. I'm dancing like any good un-retired disco queen of the late '70's. I
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[Note: this post was penned prior to last week’s provocative, public dance by Miley Cyrus. In other words, the lines were already blurry.] Everybody get up! I'm up. I'm dancing like any good un-retired disco queen of the late '70's. I
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I am white. I don’t like being labelled white or even Caucasian. But because I’m in the race majority for the time being (though this is supposed to change sometime in the next fifteen years and whites will be in the minority), I carry a burden. In the
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I am white. I don’t like being labelled white or even Caucasian. But because I’m in the race majority for the time being (though this is supposed to change sometime in the next fifteen years and whites will be in the minority), I carry a burden. In the
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When my daughter was barely 2 yrs old, she took off at her best toddling speed on an unfortunately gravelly path. Before her grandmother could catch her, she had tumbled face forward. Shaken to see her innocent face smeared with blood, dirt & tears, I was quickly summoned. As I
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When my daughter was barely 2 yrs old, she took off at her best toddling speed on an unfortunately gravelly path. Before her grandmother could catch her, she had tumbled face forward. Shaken to see her innocent face smeared with blood, dirt & tears, I was quickly summoned. As I
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“What’s the big deal?” This is the response I hear most often when broaching the subject of privacy and the whole Snowden affair. “My life is an open book. I’ve done nothing to be ashamed of, so I don’t really care who knows what I say or
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“What’s the big deal?” This is the response I hear most often when broaching the subject of privacy and the whole Snowden affair. “My life is an open book. I’ve done nothing to be ashamed of, so I don’t really care who knows what I say or
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My grandma owned a tiny neighborhood grocery store in the hills of the Allegheny mountains, and I loved to visit during those long unhurried days of summer. My grandfather had died when my mom was ten, so it fell to my grandma to keep the family afloat financially and she