Jeremy

“and, serving up the spicy synonyms like a Bennett Park wiener vendor, noted that “swats, bingles and wallops are as common in the jungaleers camp as dandelions in a shiftless neighbor’s front lawn.”
― Charles Leerhsen, Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty

“Science in the media is often framed as a form of entertainment, not as necessarily critical information. In Selling Science (1987), Dorothy Nelkin reminds us that scientists fill a role in press coverage: they appear as “wizards,” superior in knowledge and intelligence to the rest of us. The media portrayal of scientists creates a serious misconception of how science works. And, it places scientists on a pedestal of authority. Nelkin also says that press coverage of scientific findings is framed to appeal to the public’s desire for an easy solution to problem issues. By not presenting the entire process of scientific inquiry or discovery and by de-emphasizing important points of dispute or possible error, journalists leave readers with little to judge the reasonableness or truth of such findings, or even if they are scientific at all.”
― Sharon A Hill, Scientifical Americans: The Culture of Amateur Paranormal Researchers

“A complicated fellow, he was said to have a crippling aversion to the song “Sweet Adeline,” which when hummed by his opponents in a way that mimicked a trombone, the historian Fred Lieb tells us, caused him to come apart emotionally, the way Rube Waddell did when you showed him a puppy.”
― Charles Leerhsen, Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty

“Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look. That’s the compassionate thing to do. That’s the brave thing to do.”
― Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times