Iran leader defends Israel remark (or, Iranian leader: Wipe out Israel), so it's a good thing that Iran is resolved to pursue nuclear program.

I don’t think the Barnard/Columbia rivalry makes sense, but I can concede to understanding certain aspects of its origin. Yet, if the existence of Barnard is going to be bothersome, it’s self-defeating to use a ridiculous justification or to manifest this displeasure in absurd ways. The All-Powerful Facebook, for example, houses plenty anti- ( Read more... )

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I think I have physical-ADD. It’s an interesting hypochondriatic twist, all the more surprising because hypochondriatic isn’t a real word. I believe it can be traced all the way back to the early years upstate, where they created the spastic label, and frequent references to supposed muscle spasms became the universally-accepted, all-purpose ( Read more... )

The light drizzle became an understated omen as the early afternoon began resembling a gray, threatening version of the approaching evening. The downpour followed shortly, rapidly diminishing the effectiveness of the windshield wipers, as did the lightning, lingering in the sky for impressively yet frighteningly long periods of time. Everyone ( Read more... )

( dinner last night )

“I can never say what I want to say,” continued Naoko. “It’s been like this for a while now. I try to say something, but all I get are the wrong words- the wrong words or the exact opposite words from what I mean ( Read more... )

“You got three great lines here,” he would say as he riffled with black fingernails through 120 or so pages in search of the gems, “-here you are! In these lines you got truth; the rest is mostly language...”

A Line To Walk On
Arthur Miller

We do not see what our eyes are not accustomed to take into account. Sometimes consciously, more often without knowing it, we are impressed by those facts which fit our philosophy.

Walter Lippmann
"Public Opinion"

- would you be able to fall asleep here ( Read more... )