Walking home from the soup kitchen this afternoon, it had started to rain lightly to moderately as I traversed the lonely streets of New Brunswick. The crowd was thin throughout, most preferring to slog through midday drizzle in the stressful…
Month: November 2010
Duck and Cover #1327
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Jersey, But Briefly
It’s hard to believe that I’m already in the process of counting down to my longest trip to New Mexico in nearly a decade. In just a shade over a week, I’ll be winging my way westward to spend almost…
Duck and Cover #1326
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WikiLeaks and the Decline of American Impunity
The greatest American hero may not even be an American. It is hard to overestimate the importance of WikiLeaks, already perhaps the most controversial website in the history of the relatively fledgling Internet. If you’ve been near any source of…
Phil’ ‘Em Up
Not much to say today except that I’ve concluded the day after Thanksgiving may be far better than the day of. No, not because of the shopping. I’m not sure I’m going to buy (or accept) any gifts this year.…
Happy? Thanksgiving!
It’s my first Thanksgiving in Philadelphia since 1998, wherein I stayed with my friend Kate and I met her rollicking family and quotations for the ages were first coined. I’m friends with Kate again, after a bit of a hiatus,…
Turnpike
“Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike they’ve all gone to look for America” -Simon & Garfunkel, “America” My new Allison Weiss CD and I rolled up for an early venture into Philadelphia this evening, carrying plenty of board…
Duck and Cover #1325
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Handwriting Analysis (or: the Role of Coincidence?)
It’s been a rough couple days in the northeast. People say things like that which they have no business saying. Most people in the northeast have probably been doing just fine. There’s preparations for what appears to be the northeast’s…