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The Rim Editor
- Ace
- Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
- Career journalist. Lifelong Raiders fan. Husband and father of two. And, sometimes, just a tiny little munkee in a great big world.
Why "Life on the Rim"?
The title itself is stolen from David Levine's fine book, "Life on the Rim: A Year in the Continental Basketball Association."
But why that particular title? Well, it's what I did for most of my (regular) career. To wit:
And for further reading: See "Ace's place" on Facebook! Not to mention my very own Internet Movie Database page!
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But why that particular title? Well, it's what I did for most of my (regular) career. To wit:
... my job on the desk that night was as a "rim" editor, which meant I edited stories, made any trims in length necessary, and wrote headlines and cutlines ...
~ The UT-Austin archives
And for further reading: See "Ace's place" on Facebook! Not to mention my very own Internet Movie Database page!
And follow me on Twitter!
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Natural Cold Remedies14 years ago
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Mr. Hands by Gary Braunbeck14 years ago
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Honors and credits...
This week's reading list...
Eric's books: Read
The tragic British '90s playwright Sarah Kane's five plays (and one short teleplay) range in quality and tolerability, but all have moments of sheer brilliance. Kane's final play, "4.48 Psychosis," derided as a 75-minute suicide n...
A fine brigade-level history from the Gettysburg scholar Gottfried, the former president of Sussex County Community College in New Jersey (the county in which I reside). "Kearny's Own" looks at the First New Jersey, which fought t...
I had never even heard of, much less read, any "City Comedies" of the English Renaissance before my recent class on Early Modern literature. I was very pleasantly surprised by this collection of four prominent works in the genre. ...
Michael Lewis' book (now a hit movie) takes two paths: A look at the evolution of the left tackle position in the NFL, and a look at how a poor boy from the bad side of Memphis, Michael Oher, found his way into the home and hearts of the we...
This week's lousy taste in music
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