August 2002

More miscellany

30 August 2002

Okay, so I have a confession to make. Right now my mind and heart are in places other than Hidden City, thinking about stuff which I’d rather not talk about here, not just yet. (And if you think you know what I’m referencing obliquely, you’re wrong.) But, since I’m really pretty anal about posting something [...]

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Quote of the year

29 August 2002

Nancy is moving away. *sniff* It’s a wonderful thing for her and The Blonde, though, even if it is Miami’s loss, and who really cares about Miami, anyway? And she’s given me the best quote I’ve heard in a long time: “Moving is a lot like drinking too much. I have all these bruises I [...]

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My friend Ignatius

29 August 2002

Quite a few years ago I was given a copy of A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole, and told I simply must read it. So I did, and thought “Wow, this is pretty funny.” And then put it aside and didn’t pay any more attention to it. It is a brilliant comic novel [...]

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Strings on my fingers

28 August 2002

Index: Re-read your old entries from time to time. You might hear your voice saying things which sound absurd at this moment, but which are still true. Middle: Remember to give a hearty “fuck you!” to people who deserve it. But make damned sure they deserve it, first. Ring: Always have a contingency plan, even [...]

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Random acts of mailing

27 August 2002

I know there are several services and web rings and whatnot of this type around, but I’m rather taken with PostcardX. Go to their clean, fast-loading, and ad-free site; send a postcard (or something) to the random name and address which appears; add your own name and address to the system (if you want). They [...]

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Sleepless

27 August 2002

Hmm, how long can a person stay awake? According to this article, the record is about 11 days. Don’t worry, I’m not planning on setting any kind of record. I just found it curious this essay would end up linked on the always entertaining amcgltd.com at the same time I’m dealing with my own quasi-sleep [...]

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5:00am

26 August 2002

It’s five o’clock in the morning as I write this, and I’ve been up for a few hours. It’s been months, really, since I’ve slept through the night. My doctor tells me not to worry about it, that there’s nothing physically wrong, and that when I’m tired enough, I’ll sleep. My therapist tells me not [...]

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The road more traveled

25 August 2002

I saw The Road to Perdition this afternoon, the new film from American Beauty‘s Sam Mendes, starring Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, and Jude Law. It is quite a good film, with some stunningly beautiful scenes, and inspired direction. If you haven’t seen it yet and are waiting for it to come out on video, do [...]

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Mexican radio

23 August 2002

Every evening at a little past seven our NPR affiliate broadcasts a Creole language newscast. I don’t speak Creole at all, but I still like to listen to it. With most of the words robbed of their meaning I can just relax and enjoy the language as sound. I am absolved of any responsibility to [...]

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Halloway

22 August 2002

Holidays keep creeping forward in the minds of retailers, don’t they? It was around July 4th that I saw the Hallowe’en items enter the displays in the craft stores, and the beginning of August the Hallowe’en packaging started showing up on grocery store candy. And we’re now only nine weeks out from my holiday, so [...]

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