It is important to hold the line when disciplining the child, but equally important that one not seem to take the child’s anger or despair lightly. Which is to say when the child has a high-decibel flailing flop-fest after failing to meet the clearly-stated standards for having a special cookie after lunch, you absolutely must not crack a smile even if the child is hollering, “But I want an EAR-E-O! I want an EAR-E-O!”
She is fast asleep now.
If you’re within range of one of these stations tomorrow (Saturday, February 11th) we hope you’ll join Mike as he hosts another edition of Tent Show Radio from Big Top Chautauqua. Information on streaming the show here.
In this episode’s monologue – delivered from the backstage dressing room with the one lonely little lightbulb burnin’ – Mike discusses the state of postmodern literature and homemade hay
wagons.
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Just recently my editor taught me when to use “elder daughter” instead of “eldest.” Today my copyeditor taught me that these {} are called French braces. Sometimes I get questions about the “adversarial” relationship between writers and editors, and I say, sure, sometimes you have to stick up for your stuff, but most of the time (if you’re working with good folks, as I am), editors and copyeditors are in the business fo making me look smartest than I am.
Yes, those two typos were for fun.
…just this morning it occurred to me that not just one*, but two** of the musicians with whom I have written and recorded music have been nominated for Grammys.
So the pattern is established: If you want your name in a fancy envelope, book your studio time with me now.
*OK, so he was nominated long before we ever met. Technicality.
**Possibly the first time the phrase “from the get-go” was ever used in a Grammy interview.
Part of writing about Montaigne (click on “Montaigne” tag to see more…all kinda fishy-wishy at this point, still taking form) is that I will be writing some about [looks left, looks right, whispers] s-e-x, because Montaigne wrote about it just like he wrote about pretty much everything else from philosophers to killer pigs. This really is tricky for me because the subject deserves a balance of frankness and discretion. And even that I’m not saying quite right. Somewhere between healthy openness and libidinous oversharing lies wisdom?
I’ll have to figure it out soon, because I’m on deadline. Back to work…
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In this episode’s monologue – delivered from the backstage dressing room with the one lonely little lightbulb burnin’ – Mike discusses scrap-metal, three-legged dogs, and the pros and cons of staying grounded when there is welding going on.
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SET LIST:
Blue Canvas Orchestra: Ballyhoo theme song
Arlo Guthrie: Darkest Hour, Coming In To Los Angeles, Plane Wreck At Los Gatos, Union Maid, St. James Infirmary.
Michael Perry: Monologue
Arlo Guthrie: The Motorcycle Song, Alabama Bound, Highway In The Wind, Slow Boat
Blue Canvas Orchestra: Hobo Blues
If you’re within range of one of these stations tomorrow (Saturday, February 4th) we hope you’ll join Mike as he hosts another edition of Tent Show Radio from Big Top Chautauqua. Information on streaming the show here.
In this episode’s monologue – delivered from the backstage dressing room with the one lonely little lightbulb burnin’ – Mike discusses scrap-metal, three-legged dogs, and the pros and cons of staying grounded when there is welding going on.
You can join the Tent Show Radio Facebook page here.
SET LIST:
Blue Canvas Orchestra: Ballyhoo theme song
Arlo Guthrie: Darkest Hour, Coming In To Los Angeles, Plane Wreck At Los Gatos, Union Maid, St. James Infirmary.
Michael Perry: Monologue
Arlo Guthrie: The Motorcycle Song, Alabama Bound, Highway In The Wind, Slow Boat
Blue Canvas Orchestra: Hobo Blues
So let’s say you’re going through Montaigne’s Essays, essentially cherry-picking quotes for a magazine piece you’re working on, and you come to this passage:
Like birds who fly abroad to forage for grain, and bring it home in the beak, without tasting it themselves, to feed their young; so our pedants go picking knowledge here and there, out of books, and hold it at tongue’s end, only to spit it out and distribute it abroad.
Got the GarageBand app for my iPad. Mainly for a very simple one-track voice thing I’m doing. But my four-year-old is all over it. In a glimpse of the future, she has – quite of her own volition – selected “Heavy Metal” as her favorite guitar sound.
Time to sound-proof the playroom.
For the students of PCIS, here are the images we worked with today when we spoke about writing and revision (if you click on the pictures, you will see a few comments).
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