Salon
From Tractatus
I am among the Salon des Grands Geeks. One of the things I have been blessed in is the people that I know.
For me the Salon is founded on the principle of Curiosity. It is that a thing in this world has value if you are curious about it. Some people, when told a boring fact, yawn and tell a joke. Some few, when told a 'boring' fact ask about it, for their own want of understanding.
here are the latest Salon happenings:
Salon Des Geeks
- Salon des Grands Bucks
- It’s amusing that the organizer here is charaterizing her gathering as a “salon.” We might not have key political figures at our salons, but at least we don’t charge $250,000 to attend.
- Save the Words
- Kiri alerted me to the extremely geeky-fun and addictive site Save the Words. As Kiri said, “someone went to a lot of trouble to set this up.” Check out and enjoy!
- Lagniappe
- I was reading this blog entry from Dick Cavett about Palin’s abuse of language: http://cavett.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/14/the-wild-wordsmith-of-wasilla/?em It mostly made me feel ill, but I really liked the postscript, which introduced me to the word `Lagniappe’ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagniappe Fun!
- NYTimes quiz on grammar and usage
- I thought you grammar mavens might like an exercise: http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/03/red-pencils-ready/ Probably too easy for y’all, but I like the notion of using specific examples from the Times’ own pages.
- Walk for Pancreatic Cancer Research
- Hi all, Sorry for those whom I’ve already emailed about this, but I wanted to spread the word. As you know, my father died of pancreatic cancer in August, just over two months after diagnosis. On Saturday my family and I are doing a walk to benefit the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. I’ve [...]
- An Overworked Elocutionist
- Long ago, back in the mists of time, we had a salon at which the discussion turned at one point to one of my favorite comic poems, An Overworked Elocutionist by Carolyn Wells. As you know, the poem is about a little boy named Robert Reese who has memorized so many poems that [...]
- Hello all!
- Despite the mundane salutation, I am happy to be posting. This is a test. I tried last week with little success so here goes. Donna
- A Nauseous Nocturne
- Here is a link to the poem I read at the Salon: A Nauseous Nocturne by Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes) Enjoy!
- Pagan Grace
- As requested, this is the “grace” that I read before dinner at the last salon. I miss you all! A Ritual to Read to Each Other by William Stafford If you don’t know the kind of person I am and I don’t know the kind of person you are a pattern that others made may prevail in the world and [...]
- Motto
- What is your motto?