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I'm only sleeping.
Last night, among other things, I dreamt that I had to run away from a toxic explosion set off by a little girl throwing a toaster into a bonfire. Maybe more ridiculous is that I can't shake the feeling of being in that dream -- panic, a sick knot in my stomach ( Read more... ) -
So who else has been woken up by a phone call about funding?
This has been one hell of a day ( Read more... ) -
To the thief in my apartment building.
I have to admit, I was pretty upset when you started stealing the packages that the UPS guy had dropped off for me from the mail area in the front of the building. I'd never had anything stolen from me before, you see, except for the time that my babysitter's granddaughter stole all the money in I'd been saving in my piggy bank. The accumulated ( Read more... ) -
Saul Bellow, "The Old System"
On the airport bus, he opened his father's copy of the Psalms. The black Hebrew letters only gaped at him like open mouths with tongues hanging down, pointing upward, flaming but dumb. He tried-forcing. It did no good. The tunnel, the swamps, the auto skeletons, machine entrails, dumps, gulls, sketchy Newark trembling in fiery summer, held his ( Read more... ) -
Edward P. Jones, Lost in the City
It took me three days to clean out my life from Kentucky's place. She stayed at work until I had finished each day. And on each of those days, I left her a note telling her I wanted to stay ( Read more... ) -
"But we are supposed to be righteous! I lose that, that's my soul!"
I was going to post the results of a quiz (an "enneagram") I just took in this space ( Read more... ) -
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From the report of the "Learning Spaces Task Force" in my mailbox this morning:
"Our goal, as we develop recommendations for the Shapiro Library, is to build on this strong relationship between students, scholars, and the Library; to leverage the best features of our facilities; to enhance our services and facilities; and to make the most of ( Read more... )
