Category: Miscellany

I wrote in bodega today that I feel like a lot of strands of my work, writing, and life are comming together. I got some good news on Friday that I can’t talk about yet, but I’m not being coy. I’ll post what I can when I can, believe me. Here’s this morning’s entry from…

Crash. Yesterday afternoon I realized I had zero energy. The weeklong trip to New York, with its consequent jetlag, late nights, early mornings, family dynamics, and memories of last year’s attack, had managed to drain me to empty husk. A little after noon I realized I was passing out so I got into bed and…

Letter to Lileks of One Year Ago. In The Bleat James Lileks tells his younger self how the next year will go:(Get this: the president will be quoted, second hand, as not “giving a shit what the Europeans think.” It’s come to that.) We realize we’re going to have to go it alone – and…

Yesterday, I had the morning to myself, so I walked around the Village taking digital pictures. All week the city had felt anxious and this day it felt subdued. There seemed to be fewer people on the street. The weather, once again, was beautiful. Clear with wispy clouds, crisp, and cool. I had a toasted…

Just learned that a versio nof Eliza is built into OS X: In the terminal type emacs and hit Return. When the editor has loaded, hold Shift and hit the Escape key. Then type x, then doctor and hit Return. Answer the first question and proceed from there. When you’re done, Ctrl-X Ctrl-C will quit…

Or Going Back to Old Ways I’d Long Ago Abandoned. There might come a time when things between us get just a little bit too weird.We’ll move to different cities for a temporary vacation but it’s just as you feared Current Mood: packing Current Music: Never Go Back::Camper Van Beethoven::Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart

When I scheduled this family trip to New York, it was a no-brainer to set up my return for today, September 11. It was about a week after my departure date, the fares were a little better, and it just felt right. I can observe the anniverary of our grief in my native city, and…

Can I assume we have Michael Jackson to blame for the insipid rendition of the Beatles’ song “All Together Now” I just heard in a Verizon ad? Here in NY the media introspection on the upcoming anniversary beats like a drum.

‘Wilding’ Convictions Tainted by Confession. After all these years, a DNA test has confirmed a confession to the Central Park jogger rape that resulted in the addition of “wilding” to the urban lexicon and it appears the unjust conviction of five or six young suspects. This is being discussed at both Uppity-Negro and Metafilter.

iBush 1.1 Released: iBush: Artificially unintelligent Oval Office Occupant simulator… What’s new in this version: even more eloquent, ReadMe explains aim and meaning of the program, now talks about gun control, too User Review: (freeLunch.apps CEO speaking:) I just discovered that iBush was silently removed from the MacUpdate website. They continue to publish information about…

Best Song Title of the Moment. My Human Gets Me Blues …if it’s this nice in newyork tomorrow then the beach is going to be great. my sibs and i are (all four of us) are going to jones beach. we may even rent one of those orange and red umbrellas you drive in to…

Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. Staying at a friend’s place near west 11th and west 4th. The weather is here. Wish you were beautiful. Current Music: Golddigger::Supreme Beings Of Leisure::Supreme Beings Of Leisure

“At Long Last…” Coulter Fired by Centre Daily Editor. In “A letter to Coulter” the editor of Pennsylvania paper Centre Daily explained why he’s dropping Coulter’s column from his op-ed page on Friday, concluding: “And, Ann, you’re not helping. You do nothing to elevate our spirits, to celebrate the great bond that holds us this…