From the monthly archives: November 2010

A Weighty Subject

On November 29, 2010 By

Arising up off the couch after the conclusion of my traditional post-Thanksgiving dinner coma, I stumbled up the stairs to the bedroom and changed into my pajamas in plain view of our full-length bathroom mirror; a colossal error on my part.

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He gave a brief chuckle and with an amused expression told me “Zis iz not ze United States; vee do not vant to zee you naked just to let you on ze airplane.”

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C.P. Cavafy on Scapegoats

On November 18, 2010 By

“What’s going to happen to us without barbarians?”

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…that’s why it’s disturbing, because I want people to be disturbed. It seems to me it’s the only way things are ever going to change.

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