I have always hated using PowerPoint in speeches. Always. I suspect many speech teachers feel the same. PowerPoint becomes a teleprompter and it defeats the purpose of giving a speech. Last semester, I taught Business Communication for the first… Read more
There’s a nice bit in the NYT blog that discusses the various allusions in Obama’s victory speech. It’s so nice to have a President (elect) who has a rhetorical… Read more
I must be really bored. I just read an article in the LA Times quoting Rod Hart’s response to Bush’s State of the Union gaffe of the “democrat majority” in Congress, which many people consider to be an insult: “The word ‘democratic’ has such… Read more
There’s a cute article in Salon this week about the meaning of the lolcats phenomenon. I have to confess, I didn’t get lolcats at first. I guess I’m dumbing down due to the time I spend on the intartubes. But now I think they’re great and I giggle… Read more
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