John Rasmuson

Lace up your shoes—whatever the brand—and seize the day

Opinion

• By John Rasmuson
Not since reading John Keats' and Percy Shelley's iconic poems in college had I given a moment's thought to an ode.
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A 'Class of '63' alum on 60 years of life since leaving Salt Lake City's Highland High School

Opinion

• By John Rasmuson
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One 'died-in-the-wool' boomer's tricks for keeping up with Gen Z and millennial evolution of the English language.

Rampant Ussification

• By John Rasmuson
The column, which has run for years, draws on his Greek lineage, insider knowledge of all things Utah and the writer's no-holds-barred "saltussy.
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Connect with nature, history and Thoreau walking Salt Lake City streets.

Walking the Walk

• By John Rasmuson
"You must walk like a camel, which is said to be the only beast which ruminates when walking."—Henry David Thoreau
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Weird Science

• By John Rasmuson
Maybe a pipeline, seawall or quantum computer will do the trick? Or a machine that will suck carbon dioxide out of the troposphere? It's just a matter of time.
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High School Requiem

• By John Rasmuson
I read the news today, oh boy! Highland High School may be going away.
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Manhood

• By John Rasmuson
It is not uncommon for a man to give a name to his penis. In fact, I've read that 7 out of 10 men do so.
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Megatrends

• By John Rasmuson
Once identified and analyzed, megatrends could be predictive. The speaker explained how his company relied on newspapers to map the future.
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Ode to Joy

• By John Rasmuson
That line popped up in a Pandora advertisement, bold as a flourish of herald trumpets in the midst of another winter of discontent at the hands of the Utah Legislature.
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Words of the Year

• By John Rasmuson
The English lexicon comprises about 170,000 words. Neologisms—newly minted words—are added at the rate of 900 a year. Some of them gain traction; many don't.
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