by Jeffery Battersby | Jul 13, 2010 | Asides
There are also two kinds of workers and thinkers. Those who need constant direction and redirection and who cannot see past a rote learned response. I’m pretty sure that the type 2 teachers are the one who create the type 2 thinkers. Two kinds of schooling | via...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jul 12, 2010 | Asides
Postscript: Bob Sheppard | via The New Yorker A tall, spare, elegant gent—a vertical line of perfect prose—he remained exactly the same, even while the palace around him was losing its profile and waistline, despite rehabs, and eventually had to be wheeled away....
by Jeffery Battersby | Jul 12, 2010 | Asides
Cult Comic Writer Pekar Dead at 70 in Ohio | via ABC News.com
by Jeffery Battersby | Jul 11, 2010 | Asides
He’s still the voice that announces Derek Jeter. Bob Sheppard, Voice of the Yankees, Dies at 99 | via NYTimes.com
by Jeffery Battersby | Jul 11, 2010 | Asides
Colton Harris-Moore, the kid profiled in Bob Friel’s excellent Outside Magazine article, has been captured in the Bahamas. I’m just happy they didn’t have to kill him to capture him. ‘Barefoot bandit’ apprehended in Bahamas | via CNN.com...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jul 11, 2010 | Asides
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee’s fantastic novel. ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ gets a 50th birthday party in Monroeville | via al.com
by Jeffery Battersby | Jul 6, 2010 | Asides
Honestly, how did a kid as cute and bright as Lohan end up turning into such a frakking wreck? I like this kid. I hope she straightens herself out. Lohan facing 90 days in jail after judge rules she violated probation | via CNN.com
