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The Courtier Writes for The Kernel
I hope you will forgive my absence for the past few days, gentle reader, but I have been busy with several projects and plans ahead of my trip to Barcelona on Thursday. So I am pleased to be able to...
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The Importance of the Important in Social Media
In the Twitterverse and in the Blogosphere, if my readers will forgive my using these rather clunky, made-up terms, there is an occurrence which one can liken to the “You’re a nice guy, but…” speech at...
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Tell Me: Is There A Point to This?
In convivial company last evening I discussed writing, including this blog, with someone who is a far more-widely published and well-respected writer than I, and was very glad to hear some of the kind...
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Friendship and Frivolity
For those of us who scribble, today is an important date in the calendar for it is the Feast of St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622), patron saint of writers and journalists. Yet before you tune out,...
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Peel Me A Grape
Over the past couple of weeks, several of my Tweeps – i.e. Twitter friends – who read this blog regularly and promote it on Twitter and elsewhere, have commented that they don’t know how I can write...
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Taking A Write Turn
As you have probably noticed, gentle reader, this week I have not posted as often as I normally do. There are a number of other things requiring my attention at the moment, which are going to limit...
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Putting It Mildly
If like me you are a blogger who does not blog for a living, then you know that statistically speaking, you live for feedback and followers, when it comes to your blog posts, rather than for clicks and...
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Looking Back at London
If you have ever moved to another city, another country, or another continent for any extended period of time, gentle reader, then you know that the first few days you spend there are some of the most...
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Blog Post 1,000
Verily, these are fine arguments which you cite, and I do not see why you do not commit them to writing. - Castiglione, Book of the Courtier, Vol. III. Yes, you read the title of this blog post...
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On Serving Your Audience
Last evening I made what I considered to be a rather witty, pithy comment on social media, which I will not repeat here, and which caused some distress on the left and misinterpretation on the right....
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Thanks for Reading!
As regular readers know my piece on the Rule of St. Benedict and its influence on the roots of Western democracy was selected for Freshly Pressed by WordPress, who have hosted this blog for the past...
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Blurred Underlines
There is a certain logic in the movement to eliminate the printed word in favor of the electronic one. People spend good money to buy a printed, bound, and glued collection of pulp which, in the vast...
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Feeling Pretty Super: WordPress Freshly Pressed
I’m very pleased to report, as some of my readers may already know, that WordPress selected my recent piece “Playing the Online Hero, Offline” for their Freshly Pressed section. This is now the 4th...
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Taking the Right Book: Walking with Mary
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I’ve been trying to make more time for reading actual books lately, as opposed to having nearly all of my reading material come from an electronic screen. When I...
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A Million Thanks
Those of you who follow me on social media know that yesterday afternoon this blog hit one million visits! I want to take this opportunity to sincerely thank all of my readers over the years, as well...
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Why Being A Good Editor Matters
I heard on the radio this morning that Ben Bradlee, Executive Editor of the Washington Post during the Watergate era, turns 93 today. If you’ve ever seen “All The President’s Men”, you’ll remember...
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3 Big Thank-You’s
Allow me to take a moment, gentle reader, to scribble down three notes of thanks: 1. CatholicMom.com My “New Media Sister” Sarah Reinhard (and “Domer Tailgater Mom” Lisa Hendey), very kindly added me...
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“The Cosmopolitans”: Whit’s Still the Man
This weekend I had the chance to check out the pilot episode of “The Cosmopolitans”, the new series by writer and director Whit Stillman released on Amazon Prime. If you’re a regular visitor to these...
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Review: An Engrossing “Battle Against Hitler”
Today is my turn on the blog tour for “My Battle Against Hitler”, a compilation of the writings of the great German philosopher and professor Dietrich von Hildebrand, translated, edited, and annotated...
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Playing With Technology
Yesterday I had started a blog post, which unfortunately for some reason WordPress decided to delete. It was about 700 words, telling you all about my new phone, and some of the apps that I have been...
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