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The landscape of nightIs mapped on your face; your frown–The street where I live. The sound of your voiceGrates on my callous heart likeSkinned knees on gravel. Half-drowned, on the beach–You swam for miles to rest here;I sank like a… more ›
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Despite the fact that today marks the 66th anniversary of what is typically seen as the start of World War II when Nazi Germany invaded Poland, I’d like instead to focus on another anniversary–this one, too, involving Poland and the… more ›
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After my sister called me two days in a row to tell me her theories about why a high school classmate killed himself–theories that she developed after several days of low-budget, backwater sleuthing (it’s all so David Lynch, so Wisteria… more ›
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I became physically ill when Shmonk told me about the report/interview he heard on NPR this morning with a schoolteacher who “decided” to last out Hurricane Katrina in a New Orleans’ building because he didn’t have a car that could… more ›
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After today I will never, ever attempt to sell my used books at Half Price Books again. I took a stack of old textbooks to their huge store on Northwest Highway Wednesday afternoon, and after wasting more than 20 minutes… more ›
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Er—I mean catfish! Did anyone else come across this story: IHT article or National Geographic article. (Both sites have photos, though you’ll need to see IHT’s front page to access their slide show.) A catfish “the size of a grizzly… more ›
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I have to admit 9 Songs was one of the most uninteresting independent/art-house films I’ve ever seen: boring people listening to boring music and having boring sex. At least now I know how homely American girls do it. There is… more ›
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Do I have to move to bum-fuck Islamabad to finally see a cover story that is not about these poor Israelis who tearfully are forced to move from their Gaza cul-de-sacs? At least I’d like to see one article from… more ›