– After two years of living in New York (and just two months before leaving, presumably for good) I’ve discovered my favorite thing about this city: the Cloisters. It felt like the merger of all things Uptown. I got off the subway and immediately onto an elevator that transported me what must have amounted to eight or ten stories.
… Read the rest– Yesterday, after work, I continued the slow process of saying goodbye to New York, neighborhood by neighborhood. Today, it was to be Loisaida (Alphabet City) in the East Village. I walked maybe four miles, taking in everything from 10th Street down to 3rd, from Avenues A to D.
… Read the restSo I’ve mentioned off and on that I’m working on The Encyclopedia of Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders at work, and am also developing an outline for a novella Notes For Students (and/or) White Swan. (I decided that combining the two titles might mitigate their negatives in an interesting/funny way).
… Read the restConcept: Schizophrenia? Read More »
Evidently, Sallust was also familiar with a General Petraeus:
… Read the restWhen he had satisfied himself on every point, Petreius sounded the signal and ordered the cohorts to advance slowly, and the same movement was made by the enemy. On reaching a distance at which the light troops could engage, the two armies raised a great shout and charged each other, standard to standard.
Event: We Say Petraeus, Sallust Says Petreius Read More »
– I read Sallusts’ War With Cataline. I wonder who we could consider the closest modern equivalent to Cicero? Also, I started watching Deadwood. My friends were right; it’s totally like Hungry Rats. Swearengen is just like Jim Carr, if only he’d lived another ten or so years.
… Read the restNew York Times: Senate Blocks Detainees’ Rights Bill.
It would have passed in an up-down vote, but 60 votes are required for cloture.
Who voted for the bill? The Dems minus one, and Republicans Arlen Specter, Chuck Hegel, Richard Lugar, Gordon Smith, Olympia Snowe, and John Sununu.
… Read the restEvent: More Political Disappointment Today. Read More »
Graffiti from Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, Chicago, Detroit, and Flint.
What do we think?
I think I have to go with the Bronx and Detroit.
If you like, you can post a link to graffiti art in other cities.
… Read the restConcept: Graffiti. What do we think? Read More »
Well, how disappointing.
In a move that may have been decisive, the AFL-CIO has formally endorsed Don Williamson. The Flint Journal article mentions allegations of bias; that the endorsement was very conveniently timed, given the renewal of key contracts. I don’t know enough about the scene today to comment on the likelihood of that, but it’s not necessary.
… Read the restEvent: Walling / Williamson Crunch Time is Here. Read More »
– Ayeterday was hornswaggled. Especially t’ end. T’ beginnin’ and middle were okay, I guess. I read some Stephen Hawkin’ and some Quintus Cicero.
– ALMANAC SAYS –
Today in Weather History: New York City had a record high temperature o’ 92 degrees F, while snow fell in t’ West, 1983.