Friday, October 10, 2003AN ANGRY BUT CIVIL PROTESTAbout 100 people gathered today outside the offices of John Kerry, Democratic Senator from Massachusetts and candidate for president. I took a break from waging war with my company's landlord to join them. We were all part of a group of political activists who have been conected primarily by web... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 4:08 AM Comments (8) (link) Wednesday, October 8, 2003LOOKS THAT DECEIVEThe landlord from hell looks like a perfectly reasonable man. He's tall, 40ish, well dressed in a relaxed, hip sort - of - way, and softspoken in an oh - so - politically correct sort - of - way. I was psyched for our showdown. I wore my very most flattering suit. I had my folder full of the... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 5:54 PM Comments (4) (link) Tuesday, October 7, 2003BEING IN AND OUT OF THE TOP TENNo one was more surprised then me when I logged onto the BN about 10 days ago and saw this blog at number 6 in the top 10. That's in the 7 day top 10 that everyone sees all the time. How did THAT happen? I ask myself. I'd been sitting in the top 20 for months. It was comfortable. I just wrote... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 5:59 PM Comments (7) (link) Monday, October 6, 2003HOPEThat is the title of the last chapter in Edward O. Wilson's Pulitzer Prize winning book ON HUMAN NATURE. He's one of my favorite writers. Not being a religious person, when someone advises me to "pray" as a response to some disaster in the world I cringe. So if you are like myself, someone who was... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 4:57 PM Comments (2) (link) Sunday, October 5, 2003RADICAL ROOTS & DAYS OF RAGERevisiting the 1970's is hot and I don't think it's nostalgia driving the trend, I think it's fear. The entire magazine section of today's NYTimes is devoted to New York's cultural and economic life in the seventies reminding us how degraded and uneasy life was back then. I recently saw THE WEATHER... Sign in to see full entry.posted by Cynthia at 11:00 AM Comments (10) (link) |
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