Saturday, September 22, 2018

OK "oll korrect”

The earliest instance of this quotation known to MEdia Dragon ppeared in Nanny June's “Reader’s Digest” in December 1980 in a column called “Quotable Quotes” where the words were ascribed to Parr. Boldface has been added to excerpts: 

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
—Ellen Parr ?



The aggression of Anthony Burgess. He skewered John le Carré, Stephen Hawking, and Umberto Eco. He even skewered himself!  


KOTTKE.org: “Where did the word “OK” come from and how did it become so popular? [See this YoutTube video explainer]


Literary biography is a strange addiction. Reading a life is like reading a poem — full of ambiguity. This is rarely truer than in the case of  Pablo Neruda 



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National digital ID deal ends isolation - The Australian

 
10 management skills you need for building a growth minded team
"How do you delegate in a way that is efficient, and which also gives you an opportunity to take a bigger step back from the day-to-day to-dos? " (This is Nadya)

 
Close your browser tabs. You won’t miss them.
"A case in favor of browser tab minimalism, or closing the tabs you’re not using. Sometimes, information overload has its limits. " (Motherboard)