Occasionally, I spot something on the Internet or someone sends me something that I feel compelled to share.  I don't like to be a Web litterbug who clutters cyberspace with chain letters and corny jokes.  While almost everything else on the Grammarmudge is original, here is where I post (if only for a short time) the wit, whimsy, and ramblings of others.

This section includes material that struck me as funny or poignant, wise or just clever – or perhaps I enjoyed it because it was well-written, creative, or topical.  When I know the source, I shall, of course, give the appropriate attribution - or at least as much information as is available to me.

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26 Jul 2005	William Faulkner's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech An inspiring speech delivered by the author in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 10, 1950.
20 Nov 2004	Letter from a New Yorker A woman in New York states, very articulately, where she stands, what she believes, and why she cannot understand the mindset of people in the so-called Red States.  Whether one agrees or disagrees, here is an argument that is powerfully put.