The poetry of F
Reading &Writing has a great piece on the f-word today (or should I say, a great f**king piece?). The author teaches a college course called Great Ideas, or "GFI" as it's better known. He tells his students:

I couldn't care less about the use of the f-word, but that I do care about the conscious & intentional use of language. And the conscious use of language means taking your audience into account... Everybody curses, at least under the breath. But cursing is a special use of language, like poetry. Some guys are poets of the f-word, some are hacks.

Also check out the link (at the beginning of his post) to an article in The Guardian for a British perspective on the lessening impact of the f-word as an effective swear word.

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Snow on the window boxes
This was the view on my back deck when I got up today. Awfully early in the year for snow - just one month into fall.

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