Posts by Lori Duff
Beer/Bestie/Banish Episode 5 with Andrea Ezerins
Not long after I taped (using the word ‘taped’ is proof that I am about to turn into dust) this episode I had the privilege of meeting Andrea Ezerins in…
Read MoreThe Rule of Petty
In these crazy times where truth seems slippery and squirrely, I feel like we should hang on to whatever bits of linguistic logic and sanity that are still out there.…
Read MoreBeer/Bestie/Banish with Bobby Nash
In Episode 4 of Beer/Bestie/Banish I talk with the author of the Snow series, Bobby Nash, about who he’d like to have a beer with, who would be his bestie,…
Read MoreMe vs the Greats According to Rufus
It’s only a matter of time before the number of AI bots equals the number of humans on the planet. I have a lot of mixed feelings about AI, but…
Read MoreBeer/Bestie/Banish Ep. 3 with Zelly Ruskin
Welcome to Episode Three of Beer/Bestie/Banish with me, Lori B. Duff, and special guest Zelly Ruskin. If you watch the video, I’ll be talking to Zelly about her book “Not…
Read MoreThe Broccoli Gene
My daughter, who is now twenty-two years old and a strict vegetarian, wanted to know if her dislike of ‘cruciferous vegetables’[1] was just her being a baby or if there…
Read MoreBeer/Bestie/Banish Episode 2 –Sheri T. Joseph
Here’s Episode 2 of Beer/Bestie/Banish in which I interview author Sheri T. Joseph about which of her characters in Edge of the Known World she’d most want to have a beer…
Read MoreThis is my Brain over Fifty
Ever since I hit my fifties, I’ve turned into a different person. Even my hair has changed—it was pin straight for five decades, and now it’s curly. What the absolute…
Read MoreGuilt as a Motivational Tool
I was trying to explain Jewish guilt to a friend who didn’t grow up around Jewish people. She understood guilt as a concept, but couldn’t understand why I’d embrace it…
Read MoreKoala Brains
I recently learned that Koalas have brains that look like a boneless, skinless chicken breast. This is not like a regular mammilian brain, which is all folded in on itself…
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