Comments on: Laugh and Vote http://mothersofbrothers.com/laugh-and-vote/ All about life with boys...and life in general Sat, 21 Dec 2019 17:09:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jennifer http://mothersofbrothers.com/laugh-and-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-1934 jennifer Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:04:37 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=231#comment-1934 Lindsay, I think we have sent in an idea once or twice. We'll keep trying! SLB, Lindsay lives in Marin County CA and doesn't subscribe to the Swarthmorean...but there is a local paper out there that is just as parochial. Lindsay, I think we have sent in an idea once or twice. We’ll keep trying! SLB, Lindsay lives in Marin County CA and doesn’t subscribe to the Swarthmorean…but there is a local paper out there that is just as parochial.

]]> By: Single Low Brow http://mothersofbrothers.com/laugh-and-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-1931 Single Low Brow Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:33:38 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=231#comment-1931 If the New Yorker is too "high brow," then where does that categorize the New York Review of Books, National Geographic, the Economist, or the Swarthmorean? After you have used a less ambitious magazine for practice, I encourage you to try the New Yorker contest. Teaching readers to think humorously for themselves leads to better literary and conversational exchanges. It also keeps us from falling into the trap of learning and accepting everything in rote fashion. If the New Yorker is too “high brow,” then where does that categorize the New York Review of Books, National Geographic, the Economist, or the Swarthmorean?
After you have used a less ambitious magazine for practice, I encourage you to try the New Yorker contest. Teaching readers to think humorously for themselves leads to better literary and conversational exchanges. It also keeps us from falling into the trap of learning and accepting everything in rote fashion.

]]> By: Lindsay Todd http://mothersofbrothers.com/laugh-and-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-1923 Lindsay Todd Sat, 31 Jan 2009 22:48:32 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=231#comment-1923 How fun! We don't get the New Yorker, too high brow for us, but one of the kid's magazines has a similar caption section we love. Do the boys ever send in their ideas? How fun! We don’t get the New Yorker, too high brow for us, but one of the kid’s magazines has a similar caption section we love.

Do the boys ever send in their ideas?

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