28 March 2009 ~ 1 Comment

C Notes

So this is my 100th post, folks. Huzzah! Writing duckanddrakes has been a rewarding pastime over the last year.  During the next few weeks, I’ll be giving some thought to this blog and its future. For the time being, here’s an index to a few posts that exhibit what I’ve been trying to do here. [...]

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25 February 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Cursive

Michelle, myself and I: some advice for Barack Obama from the much-neglected Department of Pronouns. The Atlantic’s Barbara Wallraff and Joe Pickett of the American Heritage Dictionary are having a polite conversation about polite conversation. “It’s not about unrequited tragic love,” observes Sancho Panza of Engelbert Humperdinck’s operatic version of Hansel and Gretel, “it’s about [...]

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