Neil Kurtzman
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A Nap at the Opera
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 25th September 2009We are the stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep. Guilt and shame – those daggers of self destruction. Once you’re over them you’ll find that nothing is as restful and conducive to revitalization as a sleep in the opera house. A proper operatic snooze is better…
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Relic of the Month (Also found on Commentary page)
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 3rd January 2008ET Don’t Phone Home (Cheap cell phones have made this much worse – NK 2008) Contrary to widely-held belief, the purpose of language is not communication. Whatever part of the academy that is responsible for this sort of thing estimates that 85% of all conversations are about nothing at all; they seem to serve some…
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