Category Archives: editing writing

Sound Check!

Posted on April 2, 2020 by thomasfarley01

Good audio trumps bad video. People tolerate fairly poor video with good sound. If the video is great but the audio bad, well, people tune out. This iRig mike (external link) can also plug directly into an iPhone’s Lightning port, … Continue reading →

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Burying The Lead

Posted on March 30, 2020 by thomasfarley01

What Happened? About fifteen or twenty years ago a dramatic change occurred in much of reporting. Hard opening paragraphs were replaced with soft. This approach now infects all manner of writing, in and out of journalism. That includes television and … Continue reading →

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Monty Python’s Cheese Shop

Posted on March 18, 2020 by thomasfarley01

This is the original version from the record Matching Tie and Handkerchief. It has a much superior script that the Pythons wrote for their television sketch after the recording became popular. https://www.instagram.com/tgfarley/ Follow me on Instagram: tgfarley

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Conceptual Art is Still With Us!

Posted on March 11, 2020 by thomasfarley01

You didn’t miss it! That Thing From The Nineties is still here, still throwing out nonsense to justify something easy to make. In the Belgian city of Ghent this month, conceptual artist Kris Martin is having a retrospective entitled Exit. … Continue reading →

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Explaining The World

Posted on March 8, 2020 by thomasfarley01

Why do terrible things happen to the good and innocent? In a godless world there is no reason. In a Judeo-Christian world there may be a reason but you won’t like it. A godless world presents inevitable misfortune as much … Continue reading →

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We Are All Locked in The Greenhouse

Posted on March 4, 2020 by thomasfarley01

This sign used to hang in one of the many greenhouses on the U.C. Davis campus. I like its chatty, humorous tone, something rarely seen when needing help. It also reminds me of Kafka’s The Castle, in which a driven … Continue reading →

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The Pulitzer Prize And The State of Jefferson

Posted on February 26, 2020 by thomasfarley01

Winning the Pulitzer was traditionally a career making event for a newspaper reporter. And a real point of pride for the newspaper that employed the writer. It used to be simple, you won the Pulitzer. There were four original awards … Continue reading →

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