Tag: Carolyn Poplett

Mrs. Leonard Schools Punk: You’re Not That Important

Nov 26, 2020

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John Poplett

in Carolyn

My first best friend, Tim Leonard, a boy wedged in the middle of a pack of ten siblings, grew up a Catholic in a big, rambling house that teemed with life and always felt more crowded than any scene in a Bruegel painting. My parents, then youthful and aspirational white Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASPs!), moved in…
How to Spot a Liar in Eighteen Seconds or Less

Oct 14, 2020

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John Poplett

in Carolyn, Psychology

When you get the chance, treat yourself to Bo-Diddley’s heart-thumping rock ‘n roll rendition of the Willy Dixon song, You Can’t Judge a Book by The Cover. Enjoy Willy’s lyrics. George Eliot originated the expression in her 1860 novel, The Mill on the Floss. I don’t know where or when or how I got it…