Chowderhead

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Soapbox

“Why should you examine your writing style with the idea of improving it? Do so as a mark of respect for your readers, whatever you’re writing. If you scribble your thoughts any which way, your reader will surely feel that you care nothing about them. They will mark you down as an egomaniac or a chowderhead—or, worse, they will stop reading you.”

—Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007), writer URL

• Editorial Comment: And what’s wrong with chowderheads?

• Yesterday’s WORD: Did you miss yesterday’s WORDs on sports writers from boxing writer Jimmy Cannon? Click here.

• Faculty Wanted: Join our merry band! The JCOM Department at Utah State University has opened searches for two new tenure-track faculty, a Media Generalist and a specialist in PR/Strategic Communication. Interested?  
 

News from USU’s award-winning student news site, The Hard News Café
• Aggie TV News for Jan. 23: Gun control, worst air in the nation, therapy dogs & more, anchored by Katrina Warburton & Courtney Robinson 
• Review: More like the unnecessary death of a good cast in a bad movie, by Katie Swain
• North Logan parents give school board an earful on new high school, by Jonathan Larson
• The Eagles land at Sundance with new documentary of 41-year run, by Ben Hansen
• Sundance 2013: ‘Don Jon’ paints grim picture of doomed romance, by Katie Swain
• Rejected by Sundance, moviemaker’s ‘Depression’ a sign of the times, by Dani Hayes
• Sundance 2013: Radcliffe excels in daring, poetic ‘Kill Your Darlings,’ by Katie Swain
• Sundance 2013: Kenny Loggins back ‘Home’ again with new band, by Dani Hayes
• Slamdance 2013 Q&A: ‘Rebel’ DJ LeCash as quirky as his film, by Katie Swain
• Sundance crowd panics at film premier when fire extinguisher explodes, by Katie Swain
• Advocate-journalists: How suffering in India changed our worldviews, by Dani Hayes 

• USU Eastern closes residence hall as enrollment woes continue, by Seth Richards  
• From teen radio reporter to early-bird UPR host, alum has plenty to say, by Stacey Worster 

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Beachscape


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JCOM @ Utah State University—The best little professionally oriented journalism program in Utah.

Whammo!

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Brain Surgery

“Let’s face it, sports writers, we’re not hanging around with brain surgeons.”

 

 —Jimmy Cannon (1909-1973), famed New York boxing writer who called his sport “the red light district of sports”

• Editorial Comment: Dope slap.

• Yesterday’s WORD: Did you miss yesterday’s WORDs on the essence of freedom, from former Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies? Click here.

• Faculty Wanted: Join our merry band! The JCOM Department at Utah State University has opened searches for two new tenure-track faculty, a Media Generalist and a specialist in PR/Strategic Communication. Interested?  
 

News from USU’s award-winning student news site, The Hard News Café
• Aggie TV News for Jan. 23: Gun control, worst air in the nation, therapy dogs & more, anchored by Katrina Warburton & Courtney Robinson 
• Sundance 2013: ‘Don Jon’ paints grim picture of doomed romance, by Katie Swain
• Rejected by Sundance, moviemaker’s ‘Depression’ a sign of the times, by Dani Hayes
• Sundance 2013: Radcliffe excels in daring, poetic ‘Kill Your Darlings,’ by Katie Swain
• Sundance 2013: Kenny Loggins back ‘Home’ again with new band, by Dani Hayes
• Slamdance 2013 Q&A: ‘Rebel’ DJ LeCash as quirky as his film, by Katie Swain
• Sundance crowd panics at film premier when fire extinguisher explodes, by Katie Swain
• Sundance 2013: ‘Crystal Fairy’ is a trip . . . literally, by Ben Hansen
• Advocate-journalists: How suffering in India changed our worldviews, by Dani Hayes
• USU Eastern science prof headed to be Legislature’s ‘father figure,’ by Nathan Manley
• USU Eastern closes residence hall as enrollment woes continue, by Seth Richards
• From teen radio reporter to early-bird UPR host, alum has plenty to say, by Stacey Worster
• National Geographic photojournalist talks about women in photojournalism, by Brian Champagne & Chris Garff, ATV News
• Broadcast news alum now reporting on the world from Vietnam, by Stacey Worster

PeezPIX by Ted Pease

Beachscape


Original PeezPix archival prints, matted at sizes from 5x7" to 16x20" or larger, available for sale: $14 (5x7), $28 (8x12) and up. email ted.pease@gmail.com. Thanks for asking.



(Be)Friend Dr. Ted, Professor of Interesting Stuff 

JCOM @ Utah State University—The best little professionally oriented journalism program in Utah.

Pass the Talking Stick

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Freedom for Others
 

“The whole essence of freedom is that it is freedom for others as well as ourselves, . . . a conception which is not born with us, but which we must painfully acquire. Most of us have no instinct at all to preserve the right of the other fellow to think what he likes about our beliefs, and to say what he likes about our opinions . . . [But] if truth is to emerge, and in the long run be triumphant, the process of free debate, the untrammeled clash of opinion, must go on.”

 —Robert Menzies (1894-1978), Australia’s longest-serving prime minister, 1942 URL (Thanks to alert WORDster Bill Snaddon in Swaziland)

• Editorial Comment: The other half of talking: listening.

• Yesterday’s WORD: Did you miss yesterday’s WORDs on liberty and the nation’s future from President Barack Obama’s inaugural address? Click here.

• Faculty Wanted: Join our merry band! The JCOM Department at Utah State University has opened searches for two new tenure-track faculty, a Media Generalist and a specialist in PR/Strategic Communication. Interested?  
 

News from USU’s award-winning student news site, The Hard News Café
• Sundance 2013: ‘Don Jon’ paints grim picture of doomed romance, by Katie Swain
• Rejected by Sundance, moviemaker’s ‘Depression’ a sign of the times, by Dani Hayes
• Sundance 2013: Radcliffe excels in daring, poetic ‘Kill Your Darlings,’ by Katie Swain
• Sundance 2013: Kenny Loggins back ‘Home’ again with new band, by Dani Hayes
• Slamdance 2013 Q&A: ‘Rebel’ DJ LeCash as quirky as his film, by Katie Swain
• Sundance crowd panics at film premier when fire extinguisher explodes, by Katie Swain
• Sundance 2013: ‘Crystal Fairy’ is a trip . . . literally, by Ben Hansen
• Advocate-journalists: How suffering in India changed our worldviews, by Dani Hayes
• USU Eastern science prof headed to be Legislature’s ‘father figure,’ by Nathan Manley
• USU Eastern closes residence hall as enrollment woes continue, by Seth Richards
• From teen radio reporter to early-bird UPR host, alum has plenty to say, by Stacey Worster
• National Geographic photojournalist talks about women in photojournalism, by Brian Champagne & Chris Garff, ATV News
• Broadcast news alum now reporting on the world from Vietnam, by Stacey Worster

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Art!Art!Art! That’s what a seal says. 
(a little something for USU Arts Week)


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JCOM @ Utah State University—The best little professionally oriented journalism program in Utah.

Looking Back

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. . . to Move Forward

“Today we continue a never-ending journey to bridge the meaning of [our founding] words with the realities of our time. For history tells us that while these truths may be self-evident, they’ve never been self-executing; that while freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by His people here on Earth. The patriots of 1776 did not fight to replace the tyranny of a king with the privileges of a few or the rule of a mob. They gave to us a republic, a government of, and by, and for the people, entrusting each generation to keep safe our founding creed.

“And for more than two hundred years, we have. 

“Through blood drawn by lash and blood drawn by sword, we learned that no union founded on the principles of liberty and equality could survive half-slave and half-free. We made ourselves anew, and vowed to move forward together.”

—President Barack Obama, in his second inaugural address, Jan. 21, 2013 (Thanks to James Fallows)

“He puts a positive spin on everything. Anything is possible.” —Quote from the inauguration crowd, National Public Radio, Jan. 21, 2013 
 
• Editorial Comment: Even Mitch McConnell says it's a new beginning. So let us begin again.

• Yesterday’s WORD: Did you miss yesterday’s collection of WORDs on courage, individual rights, human dignity and liberty from the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.? Click here.

• Faculty Wanted: Join our merry band! The JCOM Department at Utah State University has opened searches for two new tenure-track faculty, a Media Generalist and a specialist in PR/Strategic Communication. Interested?  
 

News from USU’s award-winning student news site, The Hard News Café
• Sundance 2013: Radcliffe excels in daring, poetic ‘Kill Your Darlings,’ by Katie Swain
• Sundance 2013: Kenny Loggins back ‘Home’ again with new band, by Dani Hayes
• Slamdance 2013 Q&A: ‘Rebel’ DJ LeCash as quirky as his film, by Katie Swain
• Sundance crowd panics at film premier when fire extinguisher explodes, by Katie Swain
• Sundance 2013: ‘Crystal Fairy’ is a trip . . . literally, by Ben Hansen
• Advocate-journalists: How suffering in India changed our worldviews, by Dani Hayes
• USU Eastern science prof headed to be Legislature’s ‘father figure,’ by Nathan Manley
• USU Eastern closes residence hall as enrollment woes continue, by Seth Richards
• From teen radio reporter to early-bird UPR host, alum has plenty to say, by Stacey Worster
• National Geographic photojournalist talks about women in photojournalism, by Brian Champagne & Chris Garff, ATV News
• Broadcast news alum now reporting on the world from Vietnam, by Stacey Worster

PeezPIX by Ted Pease

Fixer-Upper







Original PeezPix archival prints, matted at sizes from 5x7" to 16x20" or larger, available for sale: $14 (5x7), $28 (8x12) and up. email ted.pease@gmail.com. Thanks for asking.

(Be)Friend Dr. Ted, Professor of Interesting Stuff 

JCOM @ Utah State University—The best little professionally oriented journalism program in Utah.