by Jan Bear | Jan 2, 2004 | Uncategorized
The Onion Dome Is Up I forgot to mention this earlier this week, but more satire is posted on The Onion Dome. Click on over.
by Jan Bear | Jan 1, 2004 | Uncategorized
According to an Associated Press story, Lake Superior State University has determined that the following words should be banned: Metrosexual: An urban male who pays a great deal of attention to appearance.X: As in “X-Files,” Xtreme, Windows XP and X-Box.Punked: To...
by Jan Bear | Dec 31, 2003 | Reading
It’s probably the single most useful book I’ve ever bought on large-scale writing projects. Robert McKee’s Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting is written for screen-writers, but it deals with the higher structural...
by Jan Bear | Dec 29, 2003 | Literary Art
For an Orthodox Christians, there’s a lot in Virginia Postrel’s book The Substance of Style: How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce. Culture. and Consciousness by Postrel. Virginia I. ( 2004 ) Paperback that generates an “aha.” From the ornately carved...
by Jan Bear | Dec 22, 2003 | Literary Art
I’m heading south for a week, and when I get back I expect to have finished reading The Substance of Style: How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce. Culture. and Consciousness by Postrel. Virginia I. ( 2004 ) Paperback and have begun McKee’s...