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David and The Org Part 2

Posted in David, Literature, tagged board games, comics, david shapiro, the organization on June 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Those who know the Organization well know that we have an unyielding love for board games, engendered long ago in 8th grade by Daniel Running. By board games I don’t mean Monopoly or Life or Scooby Doo’s Mystery Mansion, but stuff like Diplomacy and Warrior Knights and Games of Thrones. In the past we’ve often [...]

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The Organization’s Tribute to David Shapiro Part 1

Posted in David, Literature, tagged comics, david shapiro, founder's day, the organization on June 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Click image below to enlarge… And here begins the first part of The Org‘s Tribute to David Shapiro. This particular strip was inspired by the madness that is dodgeball on Founder’s Day. There’s a special kind of stress that I associate with cramming two teams of around 35 people onto the gym floor to duke [...]

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Making Mistakes

Posted in Education, Literature on May 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Turns out that to err is human. In fact, it may just be a necessary and uniquely important part of our DNA – as well as a critical tool in our evolutionary and personal development. Tim Harford, aka The Undercover Economist, thinks that we can often succeed by failing productively. Take a look at his [...]

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What’s In A Name…

Posted in Literature, Uncategorized on February 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »

The English Department may want to check out Better Book Titles. It’s the daily blog for people who do not have thousands of hours to read books, book reviews or blurbs or first sentences. In other words, it’s what a book might look like in graphic Twitter form, enabling you to read the greatest literary [...]

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Left to Our Own Devices

Posted in Community, Culture, Literature, tagged literature, technology on November 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I had just gone through the airport scanner, one of the anxiety producing waypoints at the start of a college tour. We were in the rush to reclaim our gray tubs which were being pushed farther and farther away from us, so that we could rapidly re-accessorize ourselves with shoes, belts, jackets and most importantly, [...]

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The Organization: The Virus

Posted in Alumni, Literature, tagged Alumni, literature on November 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Mild mannered alum and author of The Organization, Jeffrey Robb (’10), was apparently bitten by a radioactive spider (or maybe it was a ladybug), while conducting a school science experiment on whether people blush in the dark. Later, at his Uncle Ben’s, I mean his mom’s house, he began to discover that he had new [...]

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Burke Author Goes from 7 to 70

Posted in Community, Literature, tagged Community, literature on November 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Burke grad and author, Kenneth Suna, recently spoke to Susan’s 7th Grade language arts class about his book, It’s a Miracle They Ain’t Dead Yet. Check out Kenneth’s funny blog post about his experience going from 7 to 70, gathering the courage to talk first to a group of painfully honest, 7th grade (literary) critics, [...]

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The Organization – No. 6

Posted in Literature, tagged comics on August 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

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Materials Are Not Important – Have Fun With Your Work

Posted in Literature, Musings, tagged comics on August 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I’m a big fan of the website Letters of Note – which posts actual letters from the famous and the not-so-famous from deep in history up to today. There are letters ranging from Churchill to Paul Newman, from Gandhi to Iggy Pop, every one of which will produce a smile and/or pack a wallop. The [...]

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The Organization – No. 5

Posted in Literature on July 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

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The Organization No. 4 – A Self Edmundification

Posted in Literature on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Recently, many people have asked me, “Mystery Organization Member, why did you decide to move the comic to the blog from the Cageliner?” Well, there are a couple of reasons, and thanks for asking. One: Burke.Word offers a lot more freedom to the strip in terms of space and subject matter. Knowing that the Cageliner [...]

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