P.S. A Column On Things

By PAUL E. SCHINDLER JR. I am from Portland, Oregon, Beaumont ’66, Benson High ’70, MIT ’74. Some things are impossible to know, but it is impossible to know these things.

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February 20, 2023

 
 
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The Top 12 Rejected Superbowl Ads
View | Feb 16, 2023 1:41

Schindler Love Song/Parody Lead Sheets
View | Feb 7, 2023 2:04
http://www.schindler.org/sheet
https://tinyurl.com/sheetspes

Silly Signs View | Feb 6, 2023 11:01

KBPS Adminitrative History
View | Jan 28, 2023 1:40

KBPS at 43
View | Jan 27, 2023 6:49

The Boy’s Experience
View | Jan 27, 2023 5:47

Geezer Humor
View | Jan 22, 2023 5:54

Annual Groundhog Day The Movie Item
View | Jan 16, 2023 2:33

Jobless Job Posting
View | Jan 14, 2023 2:02

East Side Boy
View | Jan 3, 2023 8:02

World’s Best Cuisines?
View | Jan 1, 2023 1:17

Christmas Humor
View | Dec 30, 2022 1:17

bombing
View | Dec 18, 2022 6:06

Who Was Cheaper: UPI or INS?
View | Nov 26, 2022 10:37

There Are No Little Things: Explanation
View | Nov 12, 2022 5:46

Meme-o-rama
View | Nov 9, 2022 12:15

Dormphone Days
View | Oct 23, 2022 9:16

Which Programming Language You’re Using
View | Oct 19, 2022 8:16

Railroads Redux: The Impending Death of Newspapers
View | Oct 7, 2022 9:13

Mari Plant Page
View | Oct 6, 2022 3:40
https://tinyurl.com/upiplant

Wounded Bird
View | Oct 1, 2022 6:02

Paul Schindler Love Song Recital
View | Sep 19, 2022 10:52

How I Ended Up At… UPI [Page]
View | Sep 13, 2022 1:29

JON CARROLL CAT COLUMNS
View | Sep 10, 2022 2:06

Getting Into Journalism/Getting A Job There
View | Sep 6, 2022 10:17

Paul on the Top5 List (Precis)
View | Sep 3, 2022 9:42

Paul Makes No. 1 on Top 5 (precis)
View | Sep 2, 2022 11:37

Paul Schindler: Number 1 on the Top5 (Full Text)
View | Sep 2, 2022 11:11

Paul on the Top5 List (Full Text)
View | Aug 31, 2022 12:38

Humor: Memes
View | Aug 28, 2022 1:14

MGW: 42 Years Of Yiddishkeit
View | Jul 25, 2022 2:11

Your Hand on my Knee
View | Jul 12, 2022 5:07

I Had Some Light
View | Jul 12, 2022 5:02

HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE by Dale Carnegie
View | Jul 6, 2022 1:02

King of the Keys
View | Jun 17, 2022 9:20

https://tinyurl.com/kingkeys

 

Poem: Reincarnation
View | May 31, 2022 4:11

Poem: Three Little Words
View | May 31, 2022 4:05

Poem: On Being Your Pillow
View | May 31, 2022 4:03

Poem: Citta
View | May 31, 2022 3:56

Poem: Happiest Man On Earth
View | May 31, 2022 3:50

Humor: Fun with Science
View | May 19, 2022 7:51

My Old Man
View | May 16, 2022 10:27

Work Life Balance: It’s OK, even here.
View | May 3, 2022 3:56

Poem: Different Ways of Saying I Love You
View | Apr 21, 2022 8:45

Poem: Happiness Is Wanting What You Have
View | Apr 21, 2022 8:41

Poem: Cut Them Off At The Impasse
View | Apr 21, 2022 8:37

Poem: The Man You Deserve
View | Apr 21, 2022 8:32

Poem: Pauli’s In Our Garden
View | Apr 21, 2022 8:31

Poem: Six-Foot, Woo!
View | Apr 21, 2022 8:27 AM

Poem: Gratitude
View | Apr 4, 2022 9:40 AM

Lost Vocabulary
View | Apr 1, 2022 11:28 AM

Poem: Our First Heart to Heart
View | Mar 29, 2022 8:47 AM

MGW: From Wordle to Jewdle
View | Mar 27, 2022 9:02 PM

MGW: Up the Down Staircase 2022
View | Mar 23, 2022 11:25 AM

MGW: The Importance Of Touching
View | Mar 19, 2022 1:08 PM

Poem: The Queen of Letting Go
View | Mar 16, 2022 11:13 AM

Poem: Pandemic Thanksgiving
View | Mar 16, 2022 11:06 AM

Poem: Farmers Market Blues
View | Mar 16, 2022 9:55 AM

Poem: Meter and Muse
View | Mar 16, 2022 9:51 AM

Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In “Couch Gag”
View | Mar 11, 2022 2:10 PM

Enjoying The Journey
View | Mar 8, 2022 8:32 AM

Poem: Karma
View | Feb 22, 2022 8:00 PM

Poem: Listening and Learning
View | Feb 22, 2022 7:56 PM

Poem: Words of Love
View | Feb 22, 2022 7:54 PM

MGW: A Clean Desk? What Does It Mean?
View | Feb 18, 2022 11:28 AM

InformationWEEK 1985: Off to a rough start
View | Feb 11, 2022 12:19 PM

Loving The Content: Lyrics
View | Feb 9, 2022 12:58 PM

Poem: Goodbye Patrice
View | Feb 1, 2022 9:54 AM

Your Pet’s Final Gift
View | Feb 1, 2022 9:49 AM

Poem: Loving the Content
View | Jan 31, 2022 5:07 PM

MGW: Here’s To The Ladies Who Lunch
View | Jan 25, 2022 9:11 AM

MGW: From Vaccine Envy To Peter Pan Syndrome
View | Jan 21, 2022 3:42 PM

U.S. Senate candidate Peckarsky submits letter to Wisconsin Elections Commission
View | Jan 16, 2022 6:23 AM

Poem: Joy in the Morning
View | Jan 5, 2022 1:47 PM

Poem: Weepy
View | Jan 5, 2022 1:47 PM

Poem: Thinking Out Loud
View | Jan 5, 2022 1:47 PM

Poem: 9
Jan 5, 2022 1:47 PM

Poem: a
Jan 5, 2022 1:47 PM

Poem: Road Ahead
View | Dec 22, 2021 2:43 PM

Poem: Casual Kindness
View | Nov 25, 2021 2:24 PM

Poem: Contributing to Joy
View | Nov 25, 2021 2:22 PM

Poem: Casual Kindness
View | Nov 25, 2021 2:18 PM

Poem: Dream Come True
View | Nov 25, 2021 2:15 PM

Poem: Reciprocation
View | Nov 25, 2021 2:11 PM

Poem: The Admiral
View | Nov 25, 2021 2:10 PM

Making A Difference
View | Nov 15, 2021 9:18 AM

Words of Widsom Memes
View | Nov 13, 2021 10:51 AM

Mgw: From Lexiko To Scrabble; From Facebook To Meta
View | Nov 12, 2021 9:07 AM

My Very First Christmas Column/Untied Way
View | Nov 5, 2021 12:18 PM

I’m Just An Old Gynophile
View | Nov 1, 2021 6:17 AM

I Thought This Was All Settled By The Civil War
View | Oct 28, 2021 1:18 PM

Thoughts on the missing tactile element
View | Oct 20, 2021 4:28 AM

Esalen
View | Oct 5, 2021 7:13 PM

Poem: Your Hand on my Knee
View | Sep 30, 2021 7:14 PM

Poem: Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There
View | Sep 30, 2021 7:13 PM

PP&L Fires Newly Rehired Ex-President
View | Sep 18, 2021 12:21 PM

MGW: “Hard Hats Are Usually Unisex”
View | Sep 18, 2021 12:16 PM

Fake Trever Noah Ad Run in NY Times
View | Aug 27, 2021 10:35 AM

PSACOT Word Cloud
View | Aug 12, 2021 8:38 AM

MGW: The NIMBY Syndrome Creates The Perfect Classroom Lesson
View | Jun 24, 2021 1:28 PM

MGW: Funny Lawyer Commercials
View | Jun 22, 2021 4:57 PM

You Affect Me (as sung)
View | Jun 21, 2021 11:50 AM

50 Years Ago: The Summer of 1971
View | Jun 21, 2021 7:17 AM

MGW: I’m The Other “Marjorie”
View | Jun 16, 2021 5:02 PM

My Proposed Lesson On White Privilege
View | Jun 15, 2021 6:43 PM

Some Of Us Actually Taught Actual U.S. History
View | Jun 15, 2021 4:31 PM

MGW: Leaving Brooklyn: Fuhgeddaboudit: A quiz
View | Jun 14, 2021 10:21 AM

Poem: I’m Glad, I’m Sad
View | Jun 12, 2021 4:19 PM

Poem: I Had Some Light
View | Jun 12, 2021 4:18 PM

Poem: 4
Jun 12, 2021 4:17 PM

Poem: If Offered a Choice
View | Jun 12, 2021 4:17 PM

Poem: Three Little Words
View | Jun 12, 2021 4:16 PM

Poem: Every Day
View | Jun 12, 2021 8:22 AM

Poem: Holding My Heart
View | Jun 12, 2021 8:22 AM

Poem: Joy
View | Jun 12, 2021 8:22 AM

Poem: Thank You
View | Jun 12, 2021 8:22 AM

Poem: Too Few To Mention
View | Jun 12, 2021 8:21 AM

Poem: Regret
View | Jun 12, 2021 8:21 AM

Poem: My Muse Poem
View | Jun 12, 2021 8:21 AM

Poem: On My Brother’s Death
View | Jun 12, 2021 8:20 AM

Poem: If You Could Read My Mind
View | Jun 12, 2021 8:17 AM

Poem: Love is an Amazement
View | Jun 12, 2021 6:29 AM

Poem: Happiness is wanting what you have
View | Jun 12, 2021 6:22 AM

Paul’s Poetry Corner
View | Jun 11, 2021 2:02 PM

Poem: Perfect? No. Maybe.
View | Jun 11, 2021 2:01 PM

Poem: Not The Woman I Married
View | Jun 11, 2021 1:58 PM

Poem: Not the Man You Married
View | Jun 11, 2021 1:52 PM

Poem: First Kiss
View | Jun 11, 2021 1:49 PM

Poem: Addiction
View | Jun 11, 2021 1:41 PM

Poem: Why Now?
View | Jun 11, 2021 1:37 PM

Poem: Make Me Feel
View | Jun 11, 2021 1:29 PM

Poem: Different Ways of Saying I Love You
View | Jun 11, 2021 1:18 PM

Poem: Happiest Man On Earth
View | Jun 11, 2021 1:13 PM

MGW: Girls Just Want To Have Sun: Summer Slogans
View | Jun 2, 2021 6:30 PM

A Modest Proposal To Restore the Fairness Doctrine
View | May 31, 2021 10:02 AM

A Day in the Life of Paul Schindler
View | May 30, 2021 2:40 PM

Poetry: Thinking Out Loud
View | May 27, 2021 1:16 PM

Kenton Mailman
View | May 21, 2021 5:25 PM

Kristofferson Article
View | May 21, 2021 5:13 PM

MGW: Vaccine Etiquette: Potentially Polarizing Conversations
View | May 19, 2021 5:34 PM

Tee Shirts for Seniors
View | May 16, 2021 7:51 PM

Paul E. Schindler, Jr. Quotes Page
View | May 13, 2021 7:13 PM

MGW: Love Free Stuff? Get vaccinated!
View | May 12, 2021 7:07 PM

Benson Polytechnic School Fight Song
View | May 11, 2021 2:01 PM

Sex and Love
View | May 11, 2021 10:54 AM

MGW: Some People Make Headlines While Others Make History
View | May 9, 2021 7:04 AM

Seagull Screams Cut the Salt-Spray Air
View | May 9, 2021 6:41 AM

CSN House Ad
View | May 8, 2021 5:29 PM

Department of Gratuitous Detail (from next week’s column)
View | May 3, 2021 12:01 PM

MGW: Levite: one who wears jeans religiously
View | Apr 27, 2021 4:14 PM

MGW: Index of appearances in PSACOT
View | Apr 24, 2021 10:56 AM

Byte.com Week In ReView/Audio ReView: The World’s First Podcast
View | Apr 12, 2021 6:54 PM

Goodbye: Barney’s, Brooks Brothers…
View | Apr 10, 2021 12:37 PM

MGW: Is “Vaccine Envy” Real?
View | Apr 4, 2021 4:11 PM

Bursting With Joy Lyrics
View | Mar 23, 2021 6:46 PM

A Wartime Miracle
View | Mar 17, 2021 2:12 PM

MGW: Topics for discussion at the Passover Seder table
View | Mar 16, 2021 1:22 PM

Layperson’s description of Richard Parker’s work
View | Mar 9, 2021 5:01 PM

Richard C. Parker Tribute
View | Mar 3, 2021 2:55 PM

What We Remember Henry Ford For
View | Feb 26, 2021 6:44 AM

MGW: REVISITING “UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE” DURING THE CORONAVIRUS
View | Feb 24, 2021 6:21 PM

Song Parodies
View | Feb 10, 2021 9:18 AM

I Felt The Cat Move Lyrics
View | Feb 10, 2021 9:02 AM

REAL AND FICTIONAL PRESIDENTIAL QUIZ
View | Jan 18, 2021 5:06 PM

Gammie Memoir/Letter
View | Jan 13, 2021 1:57 PM

New West Tribute to Copy Editors
View | Jan 11, 2021 6:12 AM

Intelligence Failures, Then and Now
View | Jan 7, 2021 1:32 PM

“Catching the Fox Unaware”
View | Jan 7, 2021 1:24 PM

Dreading….or dreaming? Do you want to go back to your office?
View | Dec 31, 2020 1:14 PM

The World’s Most Obscure Song Parody
View | Dec 13, 2020 5:20 PM

MGW How To Write For Yiddish Publications
View | Dec 13, 2020 3:33 PM

Chuck and his Ban-Lons
View | Dec 5, 2020 2:29 PM

Retirement — The Art Of Knowing When To Quit
View | Nov 24, 2020 7:52 PM

Perfect? No. Maybe.
View | Nov 20, 2020 1:57 PM

MGW LET’S TALK TURKEY
View | Nov 18, 2020 1:14 PM

MGW Art Linkletter Was Right: “Kids Say The Darnedest Things”
View | Nov 11, 2020 5:20 PM

MGW I’d Like To Be The Next Host Of “Jeopardy”
View | Nov 11, 2020 5:17 PM

Farmers’ Market Blues
View | Nov 8, 2020 4:05 PM

“You’re Ready To Return To Work When… By Marjorie Gottlieb Wolfe
View | Oct 23, 2020 8:20 PM

Election Software Project
View | Oct 18, 2020 8:19 PM

When Radio Stations Had City Songs
View | Oct 13, 2020 3:26 PM

Schindler on Journalism
View | Oct 5, 2020 11:41 AM

Journalism: Graphics
View | Oct 5, 2020 11:27 AM

Journalism: Innumeracy: Felony, Misdemeanor or just Malpractice?
View | Oct 5, 2020 10:37 AM

35 Years Before the Mic
View | Oct 3, 2020 1:48 PM

Rae and Kevin’s Wedding Day
View | Oct 1, 2020 1:22 PM

Washington Post Application Essay
View | Sep 30, 2020 11:18 AM

Paul Schindler Love Songs
View | Sep 27, 2020 12:06 PM

Wounded Bird
View | Sep 25, 2020 1:50 PM

Sam Patch: The Greatest Story Ever Told… So Far
View | Sep 24, 2020 6:03 PM

Words of Love
View | Sep 20, 2020 6:39 AM

New Eugene Oregon Show
View | Sep 2, 2020 11:56 AM

New Eugene Oregon Show: The Tech article (image)
View | Sep 2, 2020 10:44 AM

Class
View | Sep 1, 2020 2:56 PM

Adjourning the Connecticut House so I Could See My Girlfriend
View | Aug 8, 2020 11:18 AM

Michael D. McNamee Edwin Diamond Tribute
View | Jul 17, 2020 8:21 AM

Wire Service Days
View | Jul 15, 2020 6:50 PM

Love Songs
View | Jul 15, 2020 4:19 PM

View | Jul 12, 2020 2:17 PM

You Affect Me
View | Jun 23, 2020 7:31 PM

Stories of a Young Journalist
View | Jun 22, 2020 4:51 PM

My UPI Resignation Letter
View | Jun 22, 2020 4:49 PM

Failed Restaurant ReView
View | Jun 22, 2020 4:45 PM

My UPI Application Essay
View | Jun 22, 2020 4:36 PM

Oops! Personal Message Filed On Client Wire
View | Jun 22, 2020 4:33 PM

Early Days at the Associated Press Boston
View | Jun 22, 2020 4:27 PM

Oregon Journal Stories
View | Jun 22, 2020 4:26 PM

Tales of the Cop Shop
View | Jun 22, 2020 4:13 PM

My First Oregon Journal Story
View | Jun 22, 2020 4:10 PM

Holding My Heart Creators
View | Jun 21, 2020 4:48 PM

Holding my Heart
View | Jun 18, 2020 7:04 AM

Sam Patch: How desperate would you have to be?
View | Jun 16, 2020 2:17 PM

Home Libraries or Staged Exhibits
View | Jun 15, 2020 11:23 AM

Stephen Michael Schindler, RIP March 8, 1954-May 21, 2020
View | May 27, 2020 11:19 AM

The Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture: deliberate depictions versus incidental depictions
View | Jun 13, 2019 6:44 PM

RIP: Paul Eugene Schindler and Marium “Mari” Elzora Van Ronk Schindler
View | Aug 27, 2012 5:41 AM

Just Duke It: Week 1
View | Aug 4, 2012 6:13 PM

Mali Journal
View | Mar 13, 2012 6:28 AM

Mali Journal
View | Mar 8, 2012 6:40 PM

POLITICAL BRIEFS EXTRA
View | Feb 25, 2012 5:04 PM

More Dan Grobstein
View | Sep 12, 2011 9:07 AM

More Dan
View | Sep 5, 2011 6:34 AM

Political Briefs Continued
View | Sep 5, 2011 6:32 AM

Dan-o-Rama
View | Mar 21, 2011 6:41 AM

Danorama
View | Dec 10, 2010 6:15 AM

Dan-o-Rama
View | Nov 19, 2010 9:16 PM

More Dan
View | Nov 8, 2010 6:02 AM

Rail Report: Step by Step
View | Oct 10, 2010 3:45 PM

Politics Week of 9/26
View | Sep 26, 2010 5:48 AM

Dan O Rama
View | Sep 26, 2010 5:47 AM

Danaganza!
View | Sep 17, 2010 8:46 AM

NY Times Op-Ed at 40
View | Sep 17, 2010 8:42 AM

Edwin Diamond Tribute
View | Sep 4, 2010 12:31 PM

Greetings from Netroots Nation in Las Vegas
View | Jul 26, 2010 7:33 AM

Everything I Learned About Business I Learned At Sleep Away Camp
View | Jun 26, 2010 8:03 PM

Dan Grobstein Extra!
View | Oct 11, 2009 9:21 PM

Healthcare: Just The Facts, Ma’m
View | Sep 5, 2009 7:24 PM

Torture Briefs, Kennedy Briefs, Healthcare Briefs, Briefs
View | Aug 30, 2009 6:43 PM

Political News: Torture, Health Care, Afghanistan and Misc.
View | Aug 20, 2009 6:04 AM

Politics: National Security, That Pelosi Thing, Religion in American Military Life, Looking Forward Not Backward
View | May 31, 2009 10:02 AM

Filename: politics-national-security-that-pelosi-thing-religion-in-american-military-life-

Political News Week of May 4
View | May 1, 2009 5:58 AM

Economic News Week of March 30
View | Mar 26, 2009 3:17 PM

“Shemot”–The Names We Use For Others
View | Mar 26, 2009 3:15 PM

Economic News Week of March 2
View | Feb 28, 2009 1:44 PM

The Speech Obama Should Give–I Wish
View | Feb 15, 2009 3:31 PM

Help, I’m Majoring In Detention
View | Sep 4, 2008 9:03 AM

Journalism Movies
View | Aug 24, 2008 8:51 PM

The Racial Gap
View | May 9, 2008 10:47 AM

Paul Schindler on Merv Griffin’s Crosswords
View | Sep 12, 2007 5:28 PM

Merv Griffin’s Crosswords
View | Sep 4, 2007 7:28 PM

Bumps on the road to Nirvana

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