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... bringing out some great lurkers from the shadows and hopefully they'll become full Eloquents in no time at all. Let me just clear this up, though: An Eloquent isn't made by being on the EE. An Eloquent is anyone ... or how long your comment is. If you voiced your opinion on an article, you're an Eloquent. And always remember that at least one person is reading your comment. And since I&# ...

... Here were the results: By Judah. The lofty immigrant has appealed to the public. Here are his eloquent words. "Affection is conspicuous, especially in public". He has declared, & ... after it broke. I felt great affection for that necklace. It had been in  an exhibit for immigrants to see. Under it was an eloquent poem, contributed by Ann Harper, about persecution. The poem was carved in ...

Eloquent Science: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Better Writer, Speaker, and Atmospheric Scientist has now been published and is available for ordering from the American Meteorological Society. Book Web site, including excerpts, blog, and other resources: Ordering information from the AMS

I aspire to be an eloquent speaker...(fullstop) You know how I can be cold towards people, choosing to stay quiet and not interact? Sometimes its because I have no mood to talk, sometimes its because I don't think its worth talking to you and sometimes its because I want to make sure I know a person well enough and that he or she is someone whom I will be comfortable hanging out with before ...

I am looking for a good writer to work with on an ongoing basis on ad hoc article writing projects, on various topics, ranging between 500 and 700 words. 1. Tell me a bit about yourself? 2. What is your writing experience? 3. Why are you interested in this position? 4. What is your availability? 5. What is your time zone? 6. Are you highly experienced with Unique Article Wizard? 7. Have you ever ...

One great disappointment for me this fall was that I wasn’t able to attend the first annual National Conference for Campus-Based Men’s Gender Equality & Anti-Violence Groups, held the weekend of November 6-7 in Collegeville, Minnesota. My commitment to be at the National Women’s Studies Association in Atlanta the following weekend meant that I had to forego the men’s ...

This is from Paul Rahe of Hillsdale College. It sums up our current government situation better than anything else I've seen. The Tea-Party movement lacks institutional support. Back in the early 1990's, when Hillary Clinton announced her proposal for a federal takeover of healthcare, the insurance companies mounted a campaign against it. This time, the Democrats have squared ...

My friend Siti and I went to see 2012 last night and when we exited the cinema there were a lot of teens and women waiting for the midnight screening of New Moon. (a few guys as well, most of them either gay and fab or dragged by their girlfriends, all the while saying things like...why are you not more like Edward and putting glitter on them) There was a merchandise stand, private party lounges ...

<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">I am such an unassertive people-pleaser, and I hate it. It's what keeps me from really expressing myself here - I think I have quite a lot to say, but my enthusiasm is dampened by the idea of having to ponder, apologize for and defend ...

From time to time in the past we’ve exchanged e-mails with The Austerity Program’s Justin Foley, and the dude’s e-mails were so goddamn funny (not to mention smart) that we finally asked him to write for us. Hopefully Justin’s contributions to MetalSucks will become a regular, or at least semi-regular, occurrence. Enjoy! MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT

I went south for a few days, on a little apres-birthday jaunt. I even crossed a border into a foreign country - the one directly south of us Canucks. I was hoping to get a little Christmas shopping in, and maybe, just maybe visit a certain Lego store, but, if you ask me that in front of my kids, do know that I will emphatically deny it (they don't read my blog so I can say these things here). ...

 Severn Cullis-Suzuki, who is now 30 years old, was just 12 when she delivered this speech at an Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.  She has since earned degrees in ecology and evolutionary biology from Yale and is now a renowned environmental activist, lecturer, television host and author.

Thanks for all the great comments about writing on the last post..and as a segueway.. Kathleen Kelly: The truth is, he was the one who got me thinking about writing. Joe Fox: Mr. 152 felony indictments. KK: Mr. 152 insights into my soul. JF:  Oh, yeah.  No competing with that. You most likely know if you’ve read this blog for 2.5 seconds that “You’ve Got Mail” is my ...

What started out as a painful trip across lonesome I-94 in North Dakota turned into short-form poetry for the boys over at Esquire. Like to read? Of course you do. Read this. Because how often do we sit for five hours, chewing beef jerky, watching the sun set? In silence? In dreams? It never happens anymore, except in Canadian hospital emergency rooms, but even then, there's something to ...