tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33692929546563952332024-03-05T10:00:04.607-05:00PecksniffianaMusings and other stuff by Chuck Thies. Credit and apologies to Wallace Stevens. The the.Chuck Thieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07568306492742801680noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369292954656395233.post-43090302280042108602010-11-16T13:01:00.020-05:002013-03-31T14:03:36.882-04:00The Swan Sings PecksniffianaIn October 2008 I created this <a href="http://pecksniffiana.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">blog</a> and a twitter account, both called "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Pecksniffiana</span>." I borrowed <a href="http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/toc.html?issue=85#6576">the title</a> from the great American poet Wallace Stevens, who adapted it from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Pecksniff</span>, <a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Wood-NuttallEncyclopaedia/p/pecksniff.html">a character</a> created by Charles Dickens.<br />
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While there is some debate in the literary world about the meaning of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Pecksniffiana</span>, to me it is as clear as anything derived from poetry can possibly be: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Pecksniffiana</span> is a time, place or sense of great hypocrisy.<br />
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Nothing has changed, but today my twitter handle becomes "<a href="http://twitter.com/ChuckThies"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ChuckThies</span></a>."<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Will this blog continue?</span><br />
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Not really, but some day I will transfer the archives to <a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1296/5182509864_d9104c34da_z.jpg">a new web project</a> where <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Pecksniffiana</span> will not be forgotten.Chuck Thieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07568306492742801680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3369292954656395233.post-91918778034898590002008-10-29T23:45:00.000-04:002013-04-28T10:11:55.756-04:00Chuck ThiesI apply myself to advocacy, politics, communications, public relations and event production. I am also skilled in numerous construction trades.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Optimism keeps my skepticism in check.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Or is it the other way around?</span></div>
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