I have seriously neglected my Cuppa The Day this week. It’s been a whirlwind and writing posts on Banned Books has been taxing, but I really wanted to write them and do a good job. Oh, well. The best laid plans, right? Anway, here’s the breakdown: spilling Sumatra, not finding the lid to my traveling [...]
Mark Twain nee Samuel Clemens is a genius. Of all the things to ban a book for, this one is mostly challenged because, as it states here, of the N-word. They even say the phrase “N-word” in the document, which makes me want to claim that word once again because I’m not one to be [...]
Justice originates among those who are approximately equally powerful, as Thucydides (in the terrible conversation between the Athenian and Melian ambassadors) comprehended correctly: where there is no clearly recognizable predominance and a fight would mean inconclusive mutual damage, there the idea originates that one might come to an understanding and negotiate one’s claims: the initial [...]
You won’t ever find another novel with more interesting character names. Milkman Dead First Corinthians Ryna Guitar Bains Sing (Singing Bird) Magdalene Dead Hagar Ok. That last one is in the Bible. Still, you don’t find many modern characters with such memorable names. Many things are memorable about the brilliant piece of fiction by Toni [...]
The alarm went off three times. And then I actually fell back asleep. On the first try, I’m awake. But if I get to snooze a bit more, I’m rather cranky when actually getting up. There was coffee, Sumatra, when I stumbled down the stairs and poured a cuppa with one eye closed. No time [...]
Fathers and daughters. Racism and reality. Family and phantoms. Accusations and disingenuousness. Lust and lies. Rape and righteousness. And rites of passage. Simplicity is the only way I can describe To Kill a Mockingbird. It’s so fervently ingrained in me that Scout is the simplest of characters who teaches us complex lessons about life in [...]
You don’t have to burn books books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. -Ray Bradbury It’s that time of year again. The time when I feel the need to behave like an insurgent, a mutineer, an insurrectionist. Even more so than every other day. Need I explain once again that [...]
Before my Friday meeting I stepped out for a skinny venti MOCHA knowing full well that I’m having a drink after work today. How well does the fine-quality of chocolate and coffee mix with tequila? You’ll know soon enough.
When the math department is in my office doing their team planning, I sit at my desk getting ready for the three team plannings I have to do after they are gone. They are a fun bunch with a nice variety of personalities who joke around quite a bit. For example, one of the guys [...]
It’s just occurred to me that I’m spending a lot of money on coffee and I need to slow it down. Actually, it’s a passive-aggressive stance my husband is taking: he’s waking up and making coffee EVERY SINGLE DAY. Perhaps he thinks his is better. Maybe he just wants to keep me caffeinated. In any [...]
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