On certain differences between the US and Italy.
Remember how I said earlier that people in Italy don’t talk about politics? That it’s considered rude? Well it’s certainly true. The Italian government basically collapsed yesterday, and the only...
View ArticleYet another list.
From keeping up with my RSS reading, I saw that Doppleganger over at 50 Books had posted another of her famous lists, this time in connection with Freedom to Read week in Canada. It’s similar to Banned...
View ArticleIt’s amazing how quickly my sympathy can wither
You know, I used to be somewhat sympathetic to the plight of pedicab owners in the city (and I still think that they should be encouraged given the city’s pollution and congestion issues), but the idea...
View Articleesoteric law school subjects
The NY Times this weekend had an article on my absolutely favorite property class topic ever – adverse possession. Essentially, if you take certain steps, you can claim title to someone else’s...
View Articleprimary day!
I voted bright and early this morning. There wasn’t really a wait, but people were pretty steadily streaming in and out of my polling place (one of the workers told me that they haven’t had downtime...
View Articlebad blogger!
Two whole posts in March! I know, I’m a very bad person. Perhaps it was all the time that I spent actually getting those India photos up and running. Five years ago, it made perfect sense to have my...
View ArticleTrading Paris for London
With the death of congestion pricing here in New York City, Streetsblog takes an in-depth look at our next best alternative – a Paris-type model of street reclamation for public transport and cycling....
View Articleoverwhelmed…
I kept reading the news this week and thinking “hmm, that might be something to blog about” and then proceeded to get distracted by other things, like work. and TV. and rearranging my closet. Yeah....
View Articlethings I like to read
One of the less typical blogs that I read with regularity is Arthur Frommer Online. Frommer, who has been writing about travel for 50 or so years, has some really good insights into the travel...
View ArticleHappy July 4th!
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate...
View Articlebookends…
I like to think I’m not an overly sentimental person, but in actuality, I can be a total sap. So it wasn’t entirely surprising that, sitting at home by myself watching Barack Obama accept the...
View Articlelaughing and crying (all in a good way)
I haven’t been posting too much about the election, even though (as with every campaign cycle) I’m completely overinvested and reading about 150 blogs on the topic (thanks google reader!). I have a...
View ArticleVOTE TOMORROW!!!
OK people. One day left. VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE...
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at least i got a cool picture out of the deal
It’s incredibly dreary and rainy today, which is the perfect excuse for an unemployed person such as myself to not leave my apartment for the entire day. Except, lucky me, I had jury duty down at the...
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the backlash
The Backlash by Will Bunch An interesting investigation of some of the players in the right wing noise machine, along with some conversations with folks on the ground who have gotten involved in the...
View Articlereadings on the 4th of july: Washington’s letter to the hebrew congregation...
I haven’t done this in a few years, having moved this blog towards less political stuff and towards more pictures of cats and farm animals, but I was thinking about Washington’s letter recently, in...
View Articleso…that happened
Apologies, but I need to have a little digression from the photography, and while I’ve posted a few links on twitter and Facebook, I have too many thoughts to get out. Approximately three years ago, I...
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Unfamiliar Fishes
Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell As always, Sarah Vowell brings a unique and personal perspective to some overlooked areas of American history. I can’t say that I loved this as much as some of her...
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inauguration day | 365:021
Watching the inauguration on TV today provided me with a bit of inspiration. I admit that I didn’t wear this button quite as much as I did during the 2008 election, but I still voted for Obama, and I’d...
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