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Postcard: Salt Lake City 7/28/2020
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In September, 2019, we took a trip out west.
Our vacation consisted of stops in:
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Blackfoot, ID
- Yellowstone National Park
- Idaho Falls, ID
- Arco, ID and Craters-of-the-M...
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 which brushes up against the theoret...
Stop Fetishizing Locals 7/7/2020
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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...
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