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Postcard: Salt Lake City 7/28/2020
Reading time: 4 minutes
Last September, we took a trip out west.
Our vacation consisted of stops in:
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- Blackfoot, Idaho
- Yellowstone (West Yellowstone, Montana and the park in Wyoming)
- Idaho Fa...
Two Shelves, One Book 7/21/2020
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People would rather eat lead paint chips than talk about literary theory.
I will not be serving up colorful flecks of poison today. I need to discuss a dilemma, though, and it brushes up against t...
Stop Fetishizing Locals 7/7/2020
Reading time: 3 minutes
Not a rant
A friend and colleague refers to semi-occasional appearances of "surly Scott," but this post is not that. It's not a rant at all.
In fact, I come not to complain about locals but to l...
The Bourdain Paradox 6/30/2020
Reading time: 5 minutes
The paradox
Anthony Bourdain didn't repeat himself like Bob Barker.
Pleasantly matter-of-fact, the host of The Price Is Right would hold up that long microphone and remind us to spay and neuter...
Cliché Interview Question 6/23/2020
Reading time: 7 minutes
Corporate management bullshit
"Tell me the most interesting thing that's ever happened to you."
I needed the job, so I didn't roll my eyes - but I'm pretty sure the recruiter did. As the two of us...
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