... perks of working at a big company downtown was the bus pass. It was given free of charge and made daily and occasional bus riding a breeze. I'm a much more occasional rider now, and have found that it's a hassle to remember what the fare has climbed to and then gather all of the proper change as I head out the door. But there's this cool ...

... a teaching idea that first graced EJ's pages back in 2003. It was an assignment called the Occasional Paper by Bill Martin. The premise is simple. Once or twice each quarter, students write a ... come up with something substantial. The benefits of providing students an opportunity to write an "occasional paper" certainly seem to outweigh the drawbacks. In fact, it's hard for me to ...

... Werner Herzog’s recent Bad Lieutenant, have optioned Lethem’s first novel, Gun, With Occasional Music. THR reports on the option, and notes that this isn’t the ... that work perfectly well on the page, but would be tricky to get right on screen. Take this description of Gun, With Occasional Music, which shows off both the noirish and Philip K Dick influences: Chandleresque, hard- ...

... in British filmmaker Stephen Connolly's 2007 short film Great American Desert, invoking, Connolly says, "an examination of ‘social liberty’ in the West in relation to war, spectacle, the environment and consumerism." Great American Desert screens in "Occasional Pieces," a selection of Connolly's short films and videos Saturday 11/7 at the Nightingale

Sammy is still coughing with the occasional wheeze, but is doing MUCH better! What is this? Our first snow last week! It didn't last long, but Elsie enjoyed it while it was here! Elsie drawing lady bugs. :) Yesterday is was time to say bye to our Halloween jack-o-lanterns. Elsie helped roll them down the hill to the field out back. Those pumpkins were a lot of work, so she decided to ...

Other Than an Occasional Problem With Pride, I Believe I've Reached Perfection by David Servant Every once in a while I hear a report of some group who believes they've attained sinless perfection. It is somewhat amusing to imagine people entertaining that idea without them being lifted up in pride, which would, of course, immediately disqualify them from being perfect. You may have heard ...

The occasional time I make fish cakes, or salmon cakes, or fish patties or whatever, I have always added the egg as a binder in with the ingredients when mixing. Yesterday I came across a different way to cook them. After mixing all the ingredients you chill it for a couple of hours in the refrigerator, then after forming the patties you dip them in the egg then bread crumbs and fry about 4 ...

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... well thanks fo some Fly Fishing Tips and Tricks we read about on a website online. We had a lot more fun and caught a lot more fish by using our new tips. I think it is a good idea for anyone who is an occasional fly fisher to always try to learn new things about the sport. We were really glad that we took the time to learn. We aren’t professionals yet, but hopefully someday we will be, ...

... the film's producers are riding some good buzz to their next project as THR reports that brothers Gabe and Alan Polsky have optioned Jonathan Lethem's novel Gun, With Occasional Music, which follows an archetypal private eye as he delves into the murder of a prominent urologist. Interesting elements include super-smart children called "baby-heads," evolved animals, erotic nerve ...