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$\"\"$ <\/a>I know some folks saw this video a while back, but I just came across it again and almost fell out of my chair laughing.\u00a0 It\u2019s the \u201cboom goes the dynamite\u201d segment from a poor Ball State sportscaster<\/a>, and it is ridiculously<\/em> funny.<\/p>\n

Note: Brian Collins sounds like a good guy.\u00a0 Read the updated story<\/a>.\u00a0 Poor guy didn\u2019t get a single date from the whole thing.<\/p>\n

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Speaking of talking in public, this Men\u2019s Health featurette has some useful tips on public speaking<\/a> (or as David Brent once called it, \u201cpublic squeaking\u201d).\u00a0 There\u2019s some bad language, so note that.\u00a0 I found it helpful, for example, to think about concentrating on vowel sounds when you\u2019re nervous.\u00a0 So there you go.<\/p>\n

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George Will on Sarah Palin and the strengths and weaknesses of populism<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s some bad language in the following story too, but if you can skip that, it raises some fascinating ethical questions, namely, is it possible to \u201caccidentally\u201d plagiarize?\u00a0 The NYT<\/em> just fired Zachery Kouwe for just that<\/a>.\u00a0 Let me answer my own rhetorical question (does that mean I\u2019m interrupting myself?).\u00a0 Sometimes we might use a phrase and not know its origin, but plagiarism\u2013particularly multiple acts of it\u2013can\u2019t be \u201caccidental\u201d.<\/p>\n

Kouwe, apparently unaware of how silly he\u2019s making himself look, notes that he \u201cwas as surprised as anyone else that this was occurring.\u201d\u00a0 These really are strange ethical times.<\/p>\n

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You may have it already, but if you don\u2019t, buy Fernando Ortega\u2019s recent The Shadow of Your Wings<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 Most of the cd features Scripture set to calm and moving music.\u00a0 Beautiful cd, and deeply edifying.<\/p>\n

\u2013Have a blessed weekend, all.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"