I’m going through documents describing a certain property in Detroit that is now my problem. In trying to establish exactly where it came from and where it will go, I’m digging through deeds and title history. It’s sort of interesting … the first notion that the land is owned at all is from 1825, when . . . → Read More: Not so very long ago
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Hey, remember that whole “monks being shot in the street” thing, in Burma? Whatever happened with that? Oh, that’s right, the world turned a blind and impotent eye, and the bad guys won. Word on the street is that having appeared in one of those protests is a 20 year jailable offense, and applauding or . . . → Read More: Myanmar / Burma Due to a last minute change of plans, we have a single ticket available for Ani DiFranco’s show on Friday the 9th at the Orpheum in Boston. It’ll be me, redmed and robotify. If you like Ani, have $40, and want to come to a concert on Friday at 8pm … drop me an email . . . → Read More: Concert Ticket Kinda chugging along through my ever so interesting life. I continue to fight with the City of Detroit. I’ve decided that my *favorite* is when an official city number just rings and rings … and that my runner up favorite is a busy signal. I’ve decided these things mostly because it means that the . . . → Read More: Nothing in Particular This desert upon which so many have been broken is vast and calls for largeness of heart but it is also ultimately empty. It is hard, it is barren. Its very nature is stone. He poured the tumbler full. Drink up, he said. The world goes on. We have dancing nightly and this night is . . . → Read More: Conclusion Attended a talk about ants and their emergent behaviors. Chatted with technolope for a few hours about life, love, and –CLASSIFIED–. Chatted with the bartender about the preview for No Country for Old Men. Revealed that I had another book by the same author in my backback. Was questioned. Produced the book, while technolope explained . . . → Read More: Evening I hereby renew my call for everybody in the adult world to refrain from name calling … at least as it pertains to political and social debate. In ranting polemic, it may seem reasonable to talk about the dems, repubs, libs, neocons, chickenhawks, enviros, lefties, right-wingers, surrender monkeys, war junkies, abortionists, god-drunk fools, and so . . . → Read More: Name calling Good times today. I worked out with someone plenty stronger than me, and learned about lifting. Lots of reps to “tone” and build strength, a few reps at high weight to “bulk up.” Okay, I can do that. Seems simple enough. Hopefully I’ll be able to walk tomorrow. Then we sat and talked about life, . . . → Read More: Life We had technolope and capital_l over for indian food last night. We opened up a 25 year old bottle of Blue Nun Riesling that they had found … and it was … different. We unanimously decided to go with the wine-in-a-box instead, and a good time was had by all. Conversation raged late into the . . . → Read More: Day At the urging of one of the cool kids, I have joined facebook. Now I look, and there are many other of you cool kids already there. Hooray. |
