Richard “Bookwalter” Jay Parker wrote a very good (and brief) blog post about people’s reactions or illusions associated with his profession: Method Writing. I started writing this response as a comment, but found it too long to put it into the comment section. So here goes my rant…

And then on a personal level, I’ve heard from 2 different friends with very young children being raised in, ahem, more homogeneous areas of the country who have taken to calling any black strangers Obama. Unlikely Words: Obama And The Kids [via: kottke​.org]

Seit ich mich in Paris aufgehalten habe—sei es nun durch die zeitlichen Nähe zum Nationalfeiertag oder selektive Wahrnehmung1—sind mir besonders viele Nachrichten mit Frankreich‑/Parisbezug im Feedreader aufgefallen. Eine kleine Auswahl: Language Log: Bastille Day 2008 Moleskinerie: Eiffel Tower Pen Nib & Paris Breakfast IHT: France denies citizenship to Muslim woman in full-body veil, says she’s not [...]