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Scenes From My Life: Small pleasures in a puzzling world
One evening last week, I took my laundry down to the basement laundry room where I saw a woman I like and hadn’t seen in a while, whatever “a while” means. Probably longer than it sounds. She and I exchanged … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, Good Things Happening, The Facts of Life
Tagged COVID, doing laundry
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What happened from Jan 2017 to Jan 2021?
At 3 in the morning of November 9, 2016, I called my brother. “What do we do now?” I asked him. “Don’t worry about it,” he said. “It’s going to be fun.” One relative to whom I repeated that conversation … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, Corruption, COVID-19, Fascism, Government, Jan 6, Law, suits and order, Mueller investigation, Politics, SCOTUS, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich, The War On Workers, Trumpism
Tagged 187 minutes, Anthony Fauci, attack on the Capitol, COVID, Department of Labor, Eugene Scalia, Eyal Press, January 6 Committee Final Report, OSHA, The New Yorker, The White House, Trump administration
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A short shaggy song tale
Thursday night I went to hear the New York Philharmonic. The orchestra’s place of business, now called David Geffen Hall (want your name on a building? One hundred million dollars will do the trick), was ripped up and renovated during … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, Mysteries of Life, The Facts of Life
Tagged Christine McVie, David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York Philharmonic, Shostakovich, William Grant Still
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