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I feel ill: A few months ago, a close friend of my family was shot and killed in a totally unfortunate and completely avoidable situation at an IHOP. Today, the county released its report which states that the officer won’t be charged with any crime. What I wrote about it, before. . . . → Read More: Aaron Brown The day started with an alarm clock at 6am, but no really vivid and disturbing dreams, so that’s good. Opened the laptop, read the first message, and went to put on “10,000 Days” by Tool. That’s not so good. Came to Boston. On the T, a random dude sitting across from me told me to . . . → Read More: Day redmed pointed out this morning that there are some truly lovely side effects to this anti-malarial medication we’re on. The big pink pill is implicated in, variously: Blood disease (severe)—Chloroquine may cause blood disorders Eye or vision problems—Chloroquine, especially in high doses, may cause serious side effects affecting the eyes Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency—Chloroquine may . . . → Read More: Chloroquine On the Pesto recipe described yesterday: It rocked. Very close to my old recipe, but substitute in some baby spinach for some of the basil, and add a few tablespoons of mayo to the mix. Mmm, mmm. Composting is a good use of a weekend day. I mowed the lawn when we got back from Haiti, which generated two heaping piles of clippings. Lacking any leaves or a handy-dandy bale of hay, I shredded up a bunch of newspapers and layered them in. This worked amazingly well, and I’m now the proud . . . → Read More: Weekend Just typed in, back dated, all my journal writings from Haiti. I had to revert to the old “ink on smashed tree” technology for a week. So, there it is. As is true with everything else in this LJ thing: It’s mostly for me, but if you want to read, you’re welcome to it. . . . → Read More: Haiti journals The first essay inspired by my trip to Haiti is up. I expect at least a couple more as I digest the things that I saw and did down there. Just watched “Ong Bak”, which is an unmitigated piece of genius filmmaking. Seriously. Genius. Go watch it. It’s a kung-fu flick. Follows the classic arc “young man trained in martial arts, promises never to use them, but has to fight to protect his villiage.” The protagonist (named “Ting”) has mad gymnastic and martial skills, . . . → Read More: Ong Bak Pictures from the trip to Haiti are online. At some point, I’m planning to commit my narrative journal of the trip to an electronic medium, but it ain’t happened yet. The cats are still very needy. They’re taking turns sitting between my arms as I type. We’re safely home, after a somewhat hectic day of travel. To summarize: Miami international airport is not optimally configured. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have 787 emails. |
