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Yesterday I saw a car with an unusual license plate
Oklahoma. A car from Oklahoma, parked on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Stopped me in my tracks. I’ve seen lots of license plates from all over the map in my neighborhood but this was the first from Oklahoma. Why? … Continue reading
Posted in Crime & Punishment, Law, suits and order, The Facts of Life, War on women
Tagged "North By Northwest", cropdusters, drag queens, Fourth Amendment, GW Bridge, Holland Tunnel, Lincoln Tunnel, MAGA, Manhattan Criminal Court, NYPD, Oklahoma gun laws, Sooners, Trump perp walk, Upper West Side Manhattan
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A factual sentence about mummies conveys more than one meaning
In Harper’s December 2022 Findings: Violent deaths were more common than previously thought among South American mummies. This is a well-written sentence. Harper’s specializes in immaculately factual prose. But when I first read it, my instant reaction was to recall … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, The Facts of Life
Tagged Brendon Fraser, CSI, Harper's, South American mummies, The Whale
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