If you’re going to be on a computer today, you’ll want to do this at noon (Pacific Standard Time) today: 1. Go to AdamsBlock.com. 2. Watch. I don’t sponsor or endorse the site fully, though I did just hear that…
Tag: A Day in the Life
Western Civilization
On the train ride into work this morning, I wasn’t able to get a seat. The train was running just late enough to pick up enough stragglers to sell all the seats just before Downtown Berkeley. I had to stand…
The Big Screen
It’s been nearly two weeks since my last substantial (non-Duck & Cover) post. Much time has intervened. I would like to sum it all up, but I can’t. I have finished reading all of David Foster Wallace’s published work. I…
Words of the Prophets
Transcript of a conversation between a Homeless Guy (HG) and myself (SC) on a sidewalk in Berkeley this morning, between 24-Hour Fitness and the Downtown Berkeley BART station entrance at Shattuck & Addison. Given that I was rushing to BART…
May Day in November
I am reaching the breaking point. Out from my window, the people are passing on by I hear them complain but I know that they don’t even try And the lights down on Main Street don’t shine like they used…
Sign Post
Buddy, can you spare three-quarter mil? I am gradually coming to terms with the fact that our house may never sell. This is not the worry that most people saying that sentence have – we of course don’t own our…
Crass Commercialism!
Hey kids! Lest you somehow think that I have completely wasted this weekend, I am conflictedly proud to announce the availability of Duck and Cover merchandise! Here’s an example of the kind of unparalleled quality and homespun handwritten charm you…
Busy Misery
There’s a lot going on in the new theme here at StoreyTelling (hit refresh if you’re not sure of what I write). This one might last a while, maybe all the way till next October or whenever something else seems…
Diminishing Temporal Returns
Despite how it may sound, this post is not about the stock market. At least, not directly. People often wonder why it seems like life is speeding up as they go, why it seems that an hour just doesn’t mean…
Walking on Broken Glass: Kristallnacht and Thanksgiving
Today is the 70th anniversary of the infamous Kristallnacht, the pogrom that history remembers as the opening salvo of the Holocaust. It was a gargantuan riot that killed 91, hauled 30,000 into concentration camps, and left thousands of synagogues and…