i left the tortillas and the rimbaud sitting out last night - by all rights, there should be hell to pay ( Read more... )

it's my half birthday today. 27.5 years old. a goodly age.

me: so we can use these types of modifiers to change simple subjects to . . . yes?

student: are you sure you're not just a little black?

me: . . . pretty sure . . . um . . . why?

student: because your hair gets so poofy.

me: . . . change simple subjects to complex subjects. can anyone think of an example?

wanna come to manhattan for tues and wed? the 30th is the last day to announce intentions to pull money out of hedge funds for the quarter. bet everyone's waiting till the last minute. we can watch people hurl themselves from windows. i've got both days off because of the jewish holiday. it'll be a party ( Read more... )

W.

i'm glad the new kid champion for change (and the anti-big government geriatric) came out in favor of a 1 trillion dollar giveaway to richies.

i'm really glad.

remember when we used to think the war in iraq was expensive?

when are people gonna start fucking listening?

in the midst of this financial crisis thingie, i kept hearing people all over - around the street, at work, on the news, in political office - saying that congress should get off their butts and do something. president bush pointed out that "the risk of doing nothing far outweighs the risk of the package ( Read more... )

so i was wondering a few things that my meager economics and politics background doesn't cover. the fannie mae freddie mac ordeal was different than the b.s. bailout. for stearns, the government guaranteed the investment, but for eff-emm deuce there was more of a government takeover feel. the federal government assumed control and the ( Read more... )

you know how in movies they like to pan out and along a building, showing people inside at night watching TV or having dinner or fighting or smoking in a chair? it's a perspective born while living on a street like mine. not that i couldn't sometimes see across the street and into the lives of neighbors in BC or GR or lawrence. there's just so ( Read more... )

so. this weekend i had the most negative moment i've had in the city. then it was immediately followed up by yet another positive. i love the people around here. they give me a lot to feel good about on a daily basis ( Read more... )