Last Tuesday, at 4 am, the fire trucks and police cars shouted down my street, which is a typical night on South Street, except for the major fact that they stopped outside of my building. Because one block down, Maria's hair salon caught on fire. The cops blocked off one end of South Street right in front of my building. Through my rightmost ( Read more... )

Is that...? No it's not. I'm sitting in JP Licks at a two-seated table that doesn't actually fit two people, and a woman three small tables down looks very much like Lauren Adriaanson. I stared at her for an uplifting minute, but it wasn't her. I didn't realize how much I enjoyed Lauren's company back then. Maybe it's just me, but being an adult is ( Read more... )

The Metro - Boston, Wednesday, January 7, 2009

( Happy New Year's -- it's finally over )

( clips from her poem )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyp34v6Lmcc

Film: Once Upon a Time in the West by Sergio Leone
Song: My Body is a Cage by Arcade Fire
music video by jthelms@gmail.com

i'm bored

( Miami Herald, 11/17/08 )

This is Keith Olbermann's defense of gay marriage. Some of what he says is really excellent, and some of it is melodramatic, maybe even out of touch. Nevertheless, he was worth quoting.

( Finally, tonight as promised, a special comment on the passage last week of Proposition 8 )

( Bill Ayers speaks out. )

So, in spite of my loved ones' counsels -- but not indifferent to them -- and despite my own misgivings, I have seriously considered pursuing a friendly acquaintanceship with Jayson. I have twice now explained my career aspirations to new people, and I feel robbed of my own sincerity simply from a lack of constant discussion on the matters of ( Read more... )