Under Water

The rain has taken a turn for the decidedly more aggressive today, pounding on the roof and walls, making the sounds of dripping and splashing even more ubiquitous than they already were in my little corner of Highland Park. There…

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Duck and Cover #1328

Read Duck and Cover at the Blue Pyramid. NB: This is the 1,000th post on StoreyTelling since its first post in October 2007. Over half the posts have been D&C comics, dating back to #763.

The Drops that Fall Sideways

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…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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,…

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