Pithy and Germaine

In college (at the Harvard of the South -- UT Arlington) I had a wonderful professor who once called one of my term papers "pithy and germaine." I have come to appreciate over the years how right she was. I took it as a compliment, which it may or may not have been. Nonetheless, my communicative style is direct, without much regard to prose. My writing is no different from my speech, which, sometimes if too quick to the point and direct.

In law school, contracts was my favorite class (first year). I seemed to excel in it for no apparent reason. My grade - based on one test- for the first semester was a B. I asked the prof what the problem was. In a box in his office were all the exam papers. He had me find mine and pull it out. Without ever reading it he suggested the reason for the B. The test paper was too short. Pithy and germaine not working for me in contracts. Next exam. . . I wrote neat little paragraphs and lots of them. Repeated myself to amplify the appearance of my answers. A.

I mention this by way of apology and explanation. I have been reading other blogs which have glorious narrative and prose. Mine is without either. Sorry. Can't help it.

So, hopefully, you like pithy and germaine. If you want prose, narrative and metaphors, I'll recommend some sites for you. I also promise to keep the Navajo tradition alive wi9th no less than one typo per post.