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Quote from: fosca on April 23, 2024, 06:33:55 PMDid you know that the plural of "therapy" is "therapy's"?  According to a lot of my students, it is.

I've seen a number of examples of the plural 's.  Disturbingly, I've seen it more than a few times on articles published online.  There's some poor editorial work going on somewhere.  Whenever I see one of these I feel embarrassed for whoever was responsible.  It makes them look not entirely literate.

Quote from: Bbmaj7b5 on April 19, 2024, 06:30:55 PMI have been digging into the music of Jason Molina, limiting myself (for now) to his Songs:Ohia phase and his Magnolia Electric Co. phase. The man released 19 albums in 15 years before massive organ failure from alcoholism in 2013, so it will take a while.

Right now, my absolute favorites is Songs:Ohia's "Didn't It Rain" and Magnolia Electric Co's "Josephine."

There's a biography of Molina, Riding with the Ghost. I started it but didn't finish it. I might try again some time. His music has a lot of staying power and stands up well as the years go by.

I saw Wim Wender's latest movie, Perfect Days. It was impressive.

I saw at a movie theatre. Could be the only time I visit one this year, but maybe in the summer I will be tempted again.

Quote from: Parasaurolophus on April 23, 2024, 05:30:12 PMAnd even if you buy the IDF's numbers--which you shouldn't--the ratio of one dead child to one dead Hamas fighter isn't exactly a great look.

And for comparison, what ratio of Israeli *hostage to dead IDF member is a "great look"?

*or decapitated baby, raped woman, etc.

Quote from: kaysixteen on April 23, 2024, 08:16:53 PMHow do we know who exactly qualifies as a 'Hamas soldier'?   Do these men wear uniforms and carry official id?  Do they have Hamas-issued serial numbers and ranks, to be offered to Israelis who catch them?

They do not wear uniforms, do not openly identify themselves as combatants, deliberately target civilians, use schools and hospitals as shields, etc., and in doing so, violate various components of the Geneva Conventions related to the laws of war.

I will point out that, at least in the case of Columbia University, much of the incessant hullabaloo has been coming from non-Columbia-associated protesters on public streets adjacent to campus.

I think it's fair to ask what the reaction of university administrations and local law enforcement would be if protesters on or off campus were shouting slogans advocating for the extermination of Black, LGBTQ, or other groups.

Now where did I put my Gays for Gaza banner?

Quote from: Wahoo Redux on April 22, 2024, 08:16:01 PMBeen doing some creative writing and I keep getting newspaper assignments.

But I am posting this here so I will make myself do it: tomorrow I will open up that revise-and-resubmit and readers' comments and make a plan.

Good on me.  I began making preliminary revisions to the manuscript. 

Part of the issue is that one reader's report was so generalized it is hard to know where to start, just the sense that this 'paper is really good' but 'more needs to be done'; and the second reader's report was so overwritten and over-saturated with critiques, going off on tangents and suggestions from far left-field that had nothing to do with the argument, that it was worthless----probably someone doing their very first peer-review and getting too excited about it (I may mention that when I send this back).

But at least I got the ball rolling.

How do we know who exactly qualifies as a 'Hamas soldier'?   Do these men wear uniforms and carry official id?  Do they have Hamas-issued serial numbers and ranks, to be offered to Israelis who catch them?

Anyone see 'Civil War' yet?   Worth seeing?

Did you know that the plural of "therapy" is "therapy's"?  According to a lot of my students, it is.

The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.