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  • BASEBALL CARDS, WALTER BENJAMIN, FOIL BALL [by Matthew Yeager]

    June 2, 2009

    PART ONE:  In his time, my dad did a lot of wheeling and dealing.  He wheeled and dealt all sorts of things; baseball cards and baseball memorabilia, art prints in the Audubon tradition of…

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  • BRIEFLY ON HEANEY [by Matthew Yeager]

    June 2, 2009

    I attempted to post this as a reply to a Heaney ref. I made in the last post.  I typed a Heaney quip off the type of my head, and I misquoted.  I believe…

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  • Why did the…

    June 1, 2009

    pair of mawkish sticks burst into tears? Because they were two tinder…   And the dollar bill? Because it was, too, tender.  

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  • INTRODUCTION, CHAD JOHNSON, McLUHAN, SPORTS, TECHNOLOGY [by Matthew Yeager]

    June 1, 2009

    First of all, a big hello to everyone reading, to those that I know personally and to those that I don’t know personally, to those that have been frustrated by my tendency to go…

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  • My Pun Project

    June 1, 2009

    From time to time an idea, like a thorn from a pyracantha shurb, works its spinous barb underneath my skin.  And much like the ensuing allergic reaction to the fireweed, the consequence of the idea burrowing…

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  • Matthew Yeager, Guest Blogger May 31-June 6

    May 31, 2009

    This week we welcome Matthew Yeager as our guest blogger.  Matthew is making the film-festival rounds with A Big Ball of Foil in a Small New York Apartment, a short film based on his…

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