Standing Relish

Have any of you ever been to a convention of English professors?  Do you know that they actually read their papers to each other, word for word, relishing each and every literary nuance?  It blew my mind when I first learned that — because of course computer scientist do the opposite, we always just stand up and talk.
—    Donald E. Knuth
From his book:  “Things A Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About“
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2020	Art Work
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2019	Hopefully, Closer To Noon
	Can You See The Bottom?
2018	Stock Market Sets Another Record Under #DumbDonald
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2017	We Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
2016	But You Have To Learn It Feels Good
2015	Never Stop
2014	Caution
2013	Treat Her Like A Lady
2012	Build New Worlds
2011	I Grok Elegance
	Standing Relish

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