Euphemisms
The government of Australia recently wrote to me and suggested that I get a test for colon cancer. That is fine with me — I am a health fanatic. The letter explained that I would collect a specimen from a bowel motion. I guess that the old euphemism of bowel...
Behavioral Job Interviews
When I was a law student in the U.S., I interviewed for a law clerk position with a trial-court judge, who I knew was a war veteran. I saw that he used a cane to move when I met him in his chambers. As he was moving, he dropped a document on the floor. I was frozen...
Mantras
Turn on, tune in, drop out. That was the mantra of a generation of young people fifty years ago. It led some individuals to enlightenment. It led others to ruin. The mantra means use psychedelic drugs, attend to your experience under the influence of the drugs, and...
Doing Something Original
Once in a while I wake up wanting to do something original. You see, my life is almost entirely derivative. I go to my office and do my usual work. I teach and I comment on student work. I write about the results of research I have done. I go home...
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