Author Archives: Scott Smith
Road Rage on LSD
(Note: “LSD” in this post refers to Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive, if you are interested in that other LSD, you can start here.) Taxi! At my ad agency jobs in Chicago, we were reimbursed for taxi fare if we worked … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago, Lakeshore Drive, LSD, Road Rage
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Taxonomy of Superhero Origin Stories
When my son was little, we once discussed superhero-origin stories and of they all seemed to fit into a surprisingly few buckets. Years later (ie, a few weeks ago), I thought about this taxonomy again and came up with some … Continue reading
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Tagged comic books, librarians, Superheroes, taxonomy
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STREAM Learning
Joy Loss It seems that everybody else has pushed out their opinion about schools, learning loss, and the (hypothetical) post-pandemic way forward. Thus, I’ll provide mine: the best thing that governments, schools, parents, communities…can do for children is to quit fixating … Continue reading
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Tagged Learning Loss, Restoring Joy, STREAM
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Talkin’ Baseball
I first heard Terry Cashman’s song Talkin’ Baseball (Willie, Mickey & The Duke) in a baseball documentary that I saw in the 1980s. The title refers to Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle and Duke Snider who played centerfield with the Giants, … Continue reading
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