Archive for August, 2006
Urban Legends
The best article I’ve read in a real long time on the state of Urban America:
Urban Legends
One quote:
“The American metropolis can be more than a way station for the wealthy young and part-time destination for the nomadic rich. It can be a place where average people live, thrive, and build communities across lines of race [...]
Posted: August 4th, 2006 under Urbanism.
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Vacation - All I Ever Wanted
It’s a long way off, but I’ve managed to reserve time off for my vacation.Here’s a (very) tentative itinerary:
14-15 Oct: Somewhere in Ohio
15-20 Oct: Chicago
20-22 Oct: Detroit
22-26 Oct: Toronto
26-27 Oct: Somewhere in New York or Pennsylvania
27-28 Oct: Somewhere in Pennsylvania or West Virginia or back home
The agenda: eat. Take pictures. Drive a lot. Maybe meet [...]
Posted: August 5th, 2006 under Travel.
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A Eulogy for the Used Bookshoppe
One of the real casualties of the changes in the consumer market of the past decade or so has been the good used book or record store. They don’t really exist anymore, as far as I’m concerned, and here’s why:I’m a ‘list shopper’. I have limited resources and thus must choose those things I intend [...]
Posted: August 6th, 2006 under Geekdom, Get In My Head.
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Airline Hell
I was actually in the air somewhere over the deep south when the TSA discovered yet another way to make air travel the most unpleasant travel experience of all…I’m having little panic attacks these days thinking about all the 5-6 hour transcontinental flights I have yet to make this year, and the fact that I [...]
Posted: August 18th, 2006 under Travel.
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Hell Is…
… Working at 56k at the hotel room…sigh…
Posted: August 29th, 2006 under Travel.
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Yay
Pumpkin Spice Lattes have come early this year. I have the feeling it’s going to be a sp00kier than average season. Yay.
Posted: August 29th, 2006 under Food.
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