What’s the most you’d pay to see a musician, and who’s that musician?

I probably wouldn’t spend over about $10 for a concert.

Except for front row Lyle Lovett tickets. Then I’d pay $15.

You?

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Unlike taking notes, Twittering requires more concentration and self-consciousness.

Despite twittering’s similarity to note-taking, it demands more attention from the writer:

Tweets are for an audience, while notes barely require coherence.

(Inspired by some responses to Josh Harris’s and my dad’s posts.)

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Recommend a beverage for the season. Here’s Molly’s and mine:

Thanks to a friend’s sleuthing, we had smoothies tonight using the same mix as Dunn Brothers.

With heavy whipping cream, of course.

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Related:

4 very short recipes
How about a virtual potluck?

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The Key to Writing (in any genre): Steal well.

Rip off ideas subtly enough that no one knows where they came from specifically, but obviously enough that they’re still worth hearing.

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Let your readers be discoverers
An alternative to Strunk & White
Make every sentence count

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Why we can’t all be poets

The reason my father did not wax lyrical about warm spring nights…was that he wasn’t a poet, he was a topic.

-Kincaid Chance in Duncan’s The Brothers K, 125

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Related:

I want to read your favorite poems
22 contemporary poets worth reading
The thanklessness of being inaugural poet

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