ruminations of a wordsmith-anthropologist… by Greg I. Hamilton
From the category archives:
A scout is clean. If you’ve ever seen 11- to 17-year-old boys at a summer camp, you understand that there must be some leeway in this definition of clean. But you gotta hand it to the scouts for not preaching to the converted. If they can plant the seeds of hygiene in teenage boys …
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As joyless as this hockey puck of a baked good may sound, for some folks with acute intestinal grumpiness, this may actually be their key to regular daily comfort …
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“Exactly,” I answered. “I was thinking that courtesy and helpfulness are based on something external: following rules of etiquette or responding to other people’s needs. Kindness and friendliness seem to come from an inner source.” …
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