Down with it

31Aug08

This tattoo is making my arm awfully itchy.  Karen reminds me that it’s a sign of healing – cuz getting it is like having a skin irritation or bad sunburn; it first stings and then peels – though it feels right now like having mild poison ivy.
 
Speaking of which, in the lore of spending my [...]

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might

25Aug08

She was seated on the downtown N train and sipping a 16-ounce Red Bull through a clear straw.  Nineteen, maybe 20 years old, attractive, thin:  ceramic skin, rose lips, tousled and matted blonde hair.  Yellow t-shirt under a black Members Only jacket, jeans and flip flops.  Oversized rectangular two-tone sunglasses, aimed at the row of [...]

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City from a garden

24Aug08

Considering a pastor’s frequent remark that the world began as a garden and will end as a city, I was struck by the sheer nonsense that this poses:  if we agree upon such basics as conservation of mass and energy – which I learned in 8th grade Physical Science with Mr. Dooley, the “P.S.” teacher [...]

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Because McCain and Obama are waiting with bated breath…

19Aug08

I have decided whom I’m voting for as president of the United States.

I consider my vote like a hiring decision: Who has the track record and ability to do the job? The job of keeping us safe and also rebuilding our infrastructure. The job of ensuring equal access and opportunity for all Americans. The job [...]

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Thin, like a vegetarian

16Aug08

“You’re thinking too much with your rational mind,” he said, very mellow and uncritical, as if we were sitting together over a cup of espresso at The Grey Dog on University Place in the Village.
 
I had come in to get a consultation on the tattoo, which is scheduled for Tuesday, and had explained that I [...]

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