10 Invaluable Tips for Composing E-Mails. Finally, 10 necessary netiquette tips, published online, for writing proper, readable e-mail. Seton Hill University’s Dennis G. Jerz addresses issues ranging from subject line composition to ‘flaming’ and proofreading, and how one goes about conducting e-mail correspondence in a respectful and restrained manner.
Monthly Archives: February 2004
Keeping a tenuous hold on reality
The House of Sand and Fog: A heart-wrenching, gripping, pure-human thriller, The House of Sand and Fog paints an unforgettable portrait of decent, well-meaning, conflicted people moved to frustration, helplessness and grief.
Lending his expatriate Iranian army colonel a bit of the stark fury he brought to bear in Sexy Beast, Best Actor Oscar nominee Ben Kingsley’s performance is riveting from beginning to end. How it came to be that Jennifer Connelly was overlooked for a Best Actress Oscar nod for her powerful portrayal of a damaged, uncomprehending recovering alcoholic, beggars belief. At least Shohreh Aghdashloo, as the flinty colonel’s self-deluded émigré wife, received a Best Supporting Oscar nomination.
Political Cartoon Valentines
Daryl Cagle’s political cartoonists index from today’s Slate magazine.
The Need to Communicate
Language is a medium. It brings people together. “For the Greeks,” wrote Hannah Arendt, “the essence of friendship consisted in discourse. They held that only the constant interchange of talk united citizens in a [political society]. However much we are affected by the things of the world, however deeply they may stir and stimulate us, they become human for us only when we can discuss them with our fellows …. We humanize what is going on in the world and in ourselves only by speaking of it, and in the course of speaking of it we learn to be human.” — philosopher Hannah Arendt