Archive for July, 2007

Happy weekend from the “I’ll always love you” dept.

Last week I posted the letter my grandfather sent to my grandmother, Martha, after she found out he was cheating and left him. This week’s installment is a letter from Christine, the other woman, pictured next to my grandfather second from left above, who also had a kid and a spouse. According to my mom, Robert married her two or three . . .

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Work, maladies, and other excuses for punting to you

You guys know this isn’t my job, right? I feel awkward saying it again, but some people still don’t seem to realize: the site is a hobby. Of course I’m always glad to hear from readers, but I don’t wait in suspended animation for email and books to arrive.   My actual job is incredibly glamorous. I sit within the . . .

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Hard-bound and highlighted

Textbook publishers: charging “outrageous prices for new textbooks while simultaneously doing everything [they] can to make older versions unusable or obsolete.”

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