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Fun Fridays – July 23, 2021

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Today’s video features yours and my favorite classical piano piece, “Chopsticks.” Done the right way for six minutes. (More info below the video.)

Enjoy!

(If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, please click the headline and go directly to our site to view it.)

From the comment section of the video:

0:00 – 1:51 Chopsticks Variations
1:52 – 2:36 Part of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No.14 Mov.3 (Moonlight)
2:38 – 3:25 Part of Rachmaninoff’s Prelude Opus 3 No.2
3:27 – 4:58 Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No.2
4:59 – 6:12 Jerry Lee Lewis’ Great Balls of Fire
6:14 – 6:20 Chopsticks Variations

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The Dreaded Blank Page

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by Steve Laube

A clean slate. An empty canvas. A fresh start. A new beginning.
Or a potential nightmare of guilt, failure, and shame.

Thus begins the process of each writing project. This blog post began with a blank page. I wondered why I ever agreed to write a blog. I procrastinated with enough excuses to be described as legion. I told myself that no one cares what I think on any …

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Fun Fridays – July 16, 2021

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FIVE WORDS WITH NEW MEANINGS Decimate The Latin word decem meant tenth. To decimate meant to kill one-tenth of a military unit if there was a mutiny or disobedience of some sort. The word decimal has its origins here. Even the month of Dec-ember was originally the 10th month in the Roman calendar. Now it means widespread destruction and is not limited to being only a tenth. Fortuitous Actually …

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A Literary Agent Guarantees Your Publishing Success (Or Not?)

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You finally landed your “dream” agent. You did the hard work and crafted your manuscript. Created a stellar proposal. Comported yourself with excellence during the phone/Zoom calls. Congratulations. Now you can sit back and let the agent do their magic. All you have to do is start planning for your retirement with all the dough that is going to flow in your direction. Right? Sorry. Connecting with …

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Fun Fridays – July 9, 2021

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I can safely say that we have all sorts of music on display with Fun Fridays! This week it is classic bluegrass with Patty Loveless and Ricky Skaggs singing “Daniel Prayed.” Warning: The chorus will stick in your head all day. Which may not be a bad reminder! Full lyrics are posted below the video for your reference. (If you cannot see the embedded video in your newsletter email, …

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The Pledge of Allegiance

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Since this is still Independence Day weekend in the United States, I thought it would be appropriate to present an amazing short, but powerful, presentation about our “Pledge of Allegiance.” It was given by the grand comedian Red Skelton on his show in 1969. The text of this speech is below the video for you to appreciate. While listening you may think, But those are not the right …

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Fun Fridays – July 2, 2021

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With July 4th this weekend, we in the United States celebrate Independence Day. Today, be stirred by this rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner” by 7-year-old Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja. (By they way, this little girl debuted at Carnegie Hall at age 5.) Sung before a 2018 Los Angeles Galaxy soccer match, it became a viral sensation, viewed millions of time. I’d like to watch it …

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To Comma or Not to Comma?

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I came across this entry in Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss. The book is a classic on punctuation. (Although based on British English usage, it is still a great book.) On his deathbed in April 1991, Graham Green corrected and signed a typed document which restricts access to his papers at Georgetown University. Or does it? The document, before correction, stated: “I, Graham Greene, …

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Antitrust Issues and Big Tech in Publishing

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On June 11, after a 16-month investigation into antitrust issues in the digital marketplace, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary introduced five bipartisan bills to the House seeking to curtail some of the business practices used by Big Tech companies. The companies in question are primarily Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. Each bill has both a Republican and Democrat …

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