Lyndi Lane
Lyndi Lane is a transplanted Southern Californian now freezing on the East Coast for the sake of grad school. She writes in whatever spare time her life as a professional speaker and trainer affords her, and looks forward to returning to the sunshine.
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Skinny Dipyour musty iron pearls
perch on my lower lip,
and drip saltily into
the drier cracks. -
An Edinburgh StoryBeaten, we snapped memories and caught our flight,
wished the wayward spirits and Scots goodbye
later, I browsed through photos of that night,
when a gray, pellucid figure caught my eye. -
Puzzle Piecesbut the noise hadn't been her bones breaking.
instead, the fault-lined portrait of a victorian Santa Clause,
which I had begun piecing together before Thanksgiving,
now divided the bruised carpet and twenty year union. -
PodiaTrystA digit of dignity
for all of Balanchine's ladies in waiting,
the most impressive member
of my left foot has performed more
like Benedict that Baryshnikov. -
How to Get an "A" in ClassBe Punctual.
So he doesn't appear uneasy and send his pupils around the room and ransack his recollections for a reason you might be elsewhere and drop the roll sheet when you open the door three minutes after class was supposed to start. -
Grandma's Lettersthe first one looked like a schoolgirl, with a blushing envelope wrapped in script , and asked how my studies were going at that liberal school, if there were any openly homosexual people there, cautioned that God was watching.
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Dizzy Gillespie's Milestones in JazzOverall, Gillespie's CD is a pleasurable, broadening exploration of jazz.
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The Use of Similes in LanguageUsing similes, Milton implies that whether one is born with a predisposition to evil or not, one still always has a choice as to whether or not to act upon that evil.
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Ebonics: Perhaps Not African American, but European American IgnoranceLinguists have proved that Ebonics is both systematic and rule-governed, just like all other language varieties.
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The Irony of Beatrice and De Flores' Agreement in The ChangelingThe irony of Beatrice and De Flores' agreement is that there is no agreementl; both parties think they are going to get exactly what they want, when in reality, they have reached no concurrence at all.
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Walter Benjamin Vs. Walter PercyIn their respective essays The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction and The Loss of the Creature, Walter Benjamin and Walter Percy both agree that changes in modern lifestyles have caused a loss of authenticity in the arts.
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Hunger as Ideology Probes Subliminal AdvertisingIn Susan Bordo's Hunger as Ideology, she discusses how subliminal advertising sends messages to the advertiser's target audience.
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"The Banking Concept of Education": An Essay on Submissive Learning by Paulo FreirePaulo Freire asserts that modern education is widely recognized as a chance for instructors (or "oppressors," as he calls them) to fill students with information as they submissively accept it.
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All the Murdered Characters of The Duchess of MalfiIn the Duchess of Malfi, nearly every character of the story is murdered by the close of the play, and their reactions to their impending dooms are far more fascinating than the methods by which they are killed.
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Food in Children's BooksAuthors of children's books include food in their writing for a great number of purposes including metamorphosis, bribery, protection or self-defense, gifts of love or comfort, or simply to add whimsical fantasy to a story.
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Immanuel Kant vs. Thomas HobbesWhile Thomas Hobbes presents a rather grim perspective of human nature, his sound, supported accusations about the actions of Earth's inhabitants are far more realistic than those of his fellow writer, Immanuel Kant.
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Equestrian Themes in Arthurian RomanceIn Arthurian romantic texts, there are copious methods by which men of nobility demonstrate their affections to the ladies of their choice, and possibly an even greater number of ways they demonstrate their power and bravery.
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Disney's King Merlin's Lesser-Known AnticsRather than portraying Merlin as the sprightly old wizard in Walt Disney's vision, the translation of Wace's account depicts him as a wise, but humble prophet, much more Christ-like than wizard-like.
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Milton: The Contrast of Adam and Eve's Pre and Post-fall BehaviorsUltimately, Satan wins the battle with God by turning his prized pupils against one another and instigating their fall from grace.
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Opera Buffa in ViennaIn 18th century Europe, the ever-abstemious opera seria enjoyed great popularity. Eventually, however, theatergoers tired of these otherworldly affairs and became more interested in the more realistic opera buffa.
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Online Dating in the Inland EmpireIn this bustling, endless rush hour that's estimated to house five million people by the year 2020, it's hard for some to understand why so many people jump online to find a date.
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Party at the Paddock Closes the Del Mar Horse Racing SeasonClosing Day is always a bit melancholy at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club "where the turf meets the surf" - final bets are taken, and horses gallop their last regal circles of the season.
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Zannah Hackett's Matchmaking: The Roadmap to RomanceSince the days of dowries and courtship have dwindled, women have been searching for romance in the unlikeliest of places...