Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Papa sez

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Advice from Papa Hemingway

“[W]rite when there is something that you know; and not before; and not too damned much after.”

—Ernest Hemingway
(1899-1961) writer
(Thanks to alert WORDster Ryan Jensen)








• Editorial Comment: That sure would reduce the amount of noise in the system.



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2 comments:

  1. Ted, I didn't know about the blog. I must've missed that class. But it's bookmarked now. Have a good holiday.

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  2. That explains why there's a whole lot of writing about nothing, especially by political commentators in the corporate media.

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