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Hello readers and friends, In the last newsletter I wrote about my inspiration for Where You End, an essay that happened to coincide with a reading binge (and in some cases, rereading) of Patricia Highsmith, including what is arguably her best and best-known novel: The Talented Mr. Ripley. If you’re not familiar with the story, here’s the gist: at the behest of a wealthy New York businessman, drifter-grifter Tom Ripley sets of to “Mongibello,” Italy (based on the Amalfi Coast resort town of Positano) to track down the businessman’s son, Dickie Greenleaf, and bring him back to the States.

The best garden path sentences rely on one of two tricks to garden-path you: 1) Noun/verb ambiguity. And 2) Unmarked relative clauses.  It’s all terribly devious, but with just these two devices, you can throw an unsuspecting sentence-reader into a sea of madness and confusion, leaving them sprawling in terror and disbelief as the sentence they thought they were reading careens right over the edge of a cliff. My favorite garden path sentence does this in just five words:

Hi, all! Issue #51 is in hand. I hope you enjoy a little of the flavor of my recent trip to Spanish Basque Country. Paid subscribers should look for a pocket notebook to eating in Bilbao and San Sebastian coming to your inbox in the next couple of weeks. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this issue and this recipe. Thank you for your continued support. —Mitchell When I was thinking about the subject for this week’s newsletter, I wanted it to be something that allowed me to share my enthusiasm for the indescribably delicious food I just enjoyed this weekend in Spain’s Basque Country.

Most of our readers, I’ll wager, have heard that old canard that we don’t really know when Jesus was born, as it could have been summertime and not winter, so that all of our carols with snow in them are just what people in the north might imagine, that’s all. But there are pretty good arguments for believing that we’ve got the season right. I’ll give… ncG1vNJzZmiZnqm1sLrYnqqopJWje7TBwayrmpubY7CwuY6pZqKmXam1pnnBpZyao12itqXDyKernqo%3D

Dear Friends, from time to time I will use this space to discuss a new book.  My essay today serves as a foreword to Julia Davis's new book on Russian television propagandists, In Their Own Words, which I heartily recommend to you.             Russian propaganda is in the shadow of America.  Whereas the America only covers Russia when there is something to cover, and usually not even then, Russian propaganda television starts every night from the premise that whatever has happened that day is America's doing and America's fault.

In just the last few years, a slew of “listening bars” have opened across New York City. A growing trend that finds its historic roots in the jazz kissa — Japanese cafes designed for close listening to jazz music — these bars are sophisticated, often chic spaces designed for soft-toned speaking and careful attention to music. Most have drinks, and many offer food. But the focus, above all else, is total immersion in the journey of the sounds.

Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when published«prev next»Going for a promotion in software engineering is difficult work, particularly in technical organizations. You certainly have to work very hard in order to get a good rating for performance reviews. But just hard work is not enough by itself. An important requirement for promotions and salary raises is a critical contribution to projects with high impact. High impact means the project has to succeed and preferably make the company a lot of money, or at least enable other departments and teams in the company to work better and make more money.

Launch week for the Weight and Healthcare newsletter is officially in the books, thanks to everyone who read, shared and subscribed! Starting today I’ll be publishing newsletters on Wednesdays and Saturdays. If you like what you are reading, please consider subscribing and/or sharing! A frequent question I get when I give talks to healthcare providers about best practices for caring for higher-weight patients is about language. Today I thought I would break down some common terms.

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