September 2010
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Societal Training
I readily admit that I get a little too hopeful about women in train stations, on trains, and on other modes of transport. Some might label it delusional. Others might deem my actions a tad on the creepy side. But to paraphrase a favorite public-service announcement, “I learned it from watching YOU, America!” As evidence, […]
Devolution
Yesterday I learned that during the gubernatorial administration that was in control when my son was between 1 and 9 years old, the word “evolution” was not permitted in any displays or exhibits at the New York State Museum here in Albany. Obviously I’m greatly disappointed by this, not simply because it happened but because […]
Another Letter to the Editor
http://sundial.csun.edu/2010/09/letter-to-the-editor-3/ I speak out when I feel the need to. However, I’ve never had a letter to the editor published which did not contain (and not by my hand) a typo, grammatical mistake, or just a cut of the core of my argument. Play ‘spot the glaring grammatical error game!’ (answer is in the comment […]
I need a hat
…for all-around general wear, and to keep the top of my head from getting too cold or too sunburned. A baseball cap, specifically. I’ve considered other styles, but all have their shortcomings. A fedora or trilby or pork-pie demands more global wardrobe changes. An Irish wool cap might be fine, except my son wears one. […]
Strangers on a Plane
5/2/03, 8:13 p.m., America West flight 683, Phoenix to Newark, seat 9C I’m a schmuck in some regards. I dream of sitting next to a beautiful woman on a plane. Now I am. With no foreseeable threat from the kindly ethnic middle-aged fellow on the other side. White t-shirt, glasses hanging from it, jeans. Noticed […]
Musikfest, PA
This feels to me like one of those mathematical set questions: which set does not belong?
Jack Silbert, curator