http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/ en-us Copyright 2008 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:13:44 -0500 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:33:18 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=1.53 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss As a specialist in learning disabilities, I have found that the most dangerous disability is not any formally diagnosable condition like dyslexia or ADD. It is fear. Fear shifts us into survival mode and thus prevents fluid learning and nuanced... http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/quote_for_the_d_7.html http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/quote_for_the_d_7.html Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:13:44 -0500 I never got around to writing more about meeting celebrities after this post, although I wish I had. Good intentions, folks! Anyway, Mr. Improbable sent me this excellent blog post, by a sportswriter from my old home town. You don't... http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/celebrity_etiqu.html http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/celebrity_etiqu.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:20:27 -0500 An interview is online here.... http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/miss_conduct_in.html http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/miss_conduct_in.html Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:36:47 -0500 ... is online here. I'm not posting an excerpt this time because the conversation got so connected it's hard to pull out a single Q&A. Weddings, reunions, birthday-party gifts, dogs, gym inspiration--we went all over the place. Check it out!... http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/todays_chat_12.html http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/todays_chat_12.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:24:12 -0500 Mr. Improbable is a "science humorist," but I sometimes describe him as a comedian if I don't want to get into a long discussion about what a "science humorist" is. Anyway, I recently ran into the wife of another funnyman,... http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/an_unexpected_u.html http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/an_unexpected_u.html Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:23:41 -0500 I try not to bring politics into the blog, but when a girl's become a grassroots phenomenon, how can she hide it? More info here. And don't forget I'll be chatting tomorrow at boston.com from noon to 1 about etiquette,... http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/well_i_guess_th.html http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/well_i_guess_th.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:00:54 -0500 ... but, Miss Conduct, when do we get to read your poetry? Ah, my friends, the time has come. Back in the day, Miss Conduct had a job where she worked with a lot of consultants. In all-day "offsites." For... http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/i_know_what_you.html http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/i_know_what_you.html Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:14:13 -0500 Here's a good article that was published at Harvard Business School's Working Knowledge. Entitled "Are Followers About to Get Their Due?" it covers a recent book called Followership by Barbara Kellerman. According to the article, Dr. Kellerman asks where leaders... http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/interesting_new.html http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/interesting_new.html Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:47:27 -0500 In case you didn't see it, I've got an article in the Sunday magazine about why people sing to their pets, inspired by this post about my little MiloMuse and all the songs I sing to him. Some pets, of... http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/pet_sounds_and.html http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/pet_sounds_and.html Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:09:12 -0500 And the winner by a fair margin is: Tim Berners-Lee Invented HTTP Thus the World Wide Web was born For Nigerian Diplomats and porn. Congrats, Therblig! I will e-mail you later today to get your mailing address, so we can... http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/the_clerihew_wi.html http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/the_clerihew_wi.html Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:48:18 -0500 This post will float at the top until July 11. New entries are below. The Clerihews were created by you. They rhymed. They did not scan. There are many entries. And I have a plan. ... and the plan is,... http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/clerihews_the_f.html http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/clerihews_the_f.html Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:50:06 -0500 Well, between the Renaissance Weekend and subsequent visit to ConductMom, I feel like I've been gone for a year. One of the things that signaled "home" to me, this time around, was the number of Irish-looking people on the plane... http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/coming_home_1.html http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/coming_home_1.html Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:39:09 -0500 Hey everyone, I'll be on the Peter Blute Show on WCRN (830 AM) at 9:35 tomorrow morning. If you've got something you'd like to hear me weigh in on (besides the winner of the Clerihew contest!), leave it in comments!... http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/radio_tomorrow.html http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/radio_tomorrow.html Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:33:11 -0500 Without going into great and inappropriate detail about my personal life, Mr. Improbable and I have recently fallen in with a group of people whom we find immensely likable and compatible, and with whom we foresee many fruitful professional collaborations... http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/a_thought_on_ba.html http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/a_thought_on_ba.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:16:14 -0500 NOTE: New entries are below this one. I'll be floating this entry at the top of the blog until the contest is over. REMINDER: No politics! I let that Mugabe one slide, because we're all pretty much anti-Mugabe, but no... http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/clerihew_contes.html http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/missconduct/2008/07/clerihew_contes.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:15:42 -0500