Monday, October 31, 2011

scenes from the occupations

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why OWS has left Washington behind an open letter

the plague in Athens

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“The season was admitted to have been remarkably free from ordinary sickness; and if anybody was already ill of any other disease, it wa...
Sunday, October 30, 2011

holiday rerun: pompions past

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The best thing about all the xmas catalogues and junk mail coming earlier and earlier each year is putting them to Halloween tunes: "aw...
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Saturday, October 29, 2011

piñones

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They had artichokes for 33 cents each at the grocery store. 33. cents. each. I went and got 40 of them. Artichokes for dinner all ...
Friday, October 28, 2011

hacking honeybuns, pigeons, &c. (inside and out)

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Waiting around at CVS (pharmacy/crapstore) for my flu shot the other day, I got to reading the label of a Mrs. Freshley's Honey Bun. I w...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

hacking the city, the streets, the copyright

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Earlier this summer we were in San Francisco with some friends, trying to reacquaint the kids with Chinatown without breaking anything or ge...
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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Walking in the City

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The desire to see the city preceded the means of satisfying it. Medieval or Renaissance painters represented the city as seen in a perspect...
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Friday, September 09, 2011

Chinatown haiku

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all right. here we are neighborhood of make-believe museum-go-round cable car trolley ore skip of the surface streets every body off there, ...
Tuesday, September 06, 2011

lucky eyes, evil eyes, third eyes

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You know the bindi? The colored dot some Indian women traditionally wear on their foreheads? Ash is really into bindis, ever since she saw l...
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Monday, September 05, 2011

Pedestrain Day(s) in Bolivia

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"What's the matter with you?! Today is Pedestrian Day; you can't drive!" shouted Jorge, an offended seven-year-old who was...