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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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…

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Shadowy Dusk Through Twilight Trees

I’ve been really sad today. A little angry, but mostly profoundly sad. I decided it was time to take a walk. Here’s what that looked like: Long road ahead. Mysterious ground-seeking tree. Groundcolor. Camouflage. An opening. Upon reflection. Knock here.…

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Long Overdue

I meant to post about this article when it came out. That was in April 2008. Which was a while ago. Even longer ago in feeling than it is in calendar months. I try to get a sense of it…

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Sun Cracks Horizon Dawn

Forgive the use of the Star Warsy sounding subtitle in the new logo up top, but it’s really the most accurate thing I can convey. There’s a reason that film was a smash hit, and if you go back and…

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Emptiness

It is hard to write about depression. It is a cloying, unpleasant feeling and it swallows up most things that are interesting or productive or of the kind that people want to read about. All writing is for an audience…

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The Philadelphia Storey

I took the train down to Philly this weekend. Except not really “this weekend”, because I didn’t leave till Sunday night and I didn’t get back till just about now. So the “weekend” can be Sunday through Tuesday in this…

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Another Saturday Night

I was alone all yesterday, a Saturday. I’m not making that mistake again. Barring a major change, I’m going to be booked the next 26* Saturdays: 30 October: UPenn tournament (Philadelphia, PA) 6 November: American tournament (Washington, DC) 13 November:…

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Vulnerability

One of the driving fears of having a website like this is that it paints a huge target on my back. Really, on my front. It reminds me of the old “frontstabbing” technique that Schneider & Gris used to use…

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Friday Without a Cause

There’s no debate this weekend. Not because there’s no scheduled tournament, but because that tournament doesn’t serve the purposes of the Rutgers team. It’s in British Parliamentary style, designed to prepare American teams for competition on the Worlds stage, with…

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