I had a lot of fun with Listing Beyond Forty this year. I experimented with Fiction Fridays. I spent a second October Listing Toward Halloween. I wrote personal stories, satire, poetry, opinion, fiction, and, yes, there were some lists. I even wrote 20 two-sentence horror stories, inspired by a reddit thread that inspired a bunch … Continue reading 10 favorite posts from 2014
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Serial is a highly addictive podcast in which a reporter investigates a murder case over the course of 12 episodes. Since this is a post in which I recommend podcasts I will start by saying that if you haven't listened to Serial, you should. However, if you are already one of the millions of Serial … Continue reading 8 smart podcasts to get you through Serial withdrawal
A while ago ChicagoNow bloggers were challenged to write a post about what they believe in, possibly in the style of Crash Davis's "I believe..." speech from Bull Durham or maybe the "This I believe" segments on NPR. I thought that was a great prompt, but I believe I was too busy that week. Besides, … Continue reading I believe in butter: A baker’s manifesto
I wrote a Thanksgiving poem based on the children's song "There was an old lady who swallowed a fly." It is a cautionary tale. On Thanksgiving a lady ate lots of pie. I don't know why she ate lots of pie. She feels like she'll die. On Thanksgiving a lady ate too much bread. She … Continue reading On Thanksgiving a lady ate lots of pie (perhaps she’ll die)
Many people have become concerned that cursive is no longer being taught in school. I saw the effect of this when one of our high school interns had trouble transcribing a meeting attendance sheet because some of the names were written in cursive. As someone who rarely uses cursive except for my signature (which is really … Continue reading Do they still teach typing in school?
Kim Z. Dale 