I lived in Guatemala three years ago, and only for a little while, and I spend a lot of it drinking Brazilian pilsner in front of the Red Sox/Yankees world series. But I did learn some Spanish–my stated goal–as did my old, best friend Gabe, who has traveled extensively and also had a [...]
I’ve been doing a research project for a couple of weeks that involves abstracting and downloading every New York Times article mentioning one-time Fire Chief John T. O’Hagan. (I almost put quotation marks around his name, is how deeply I commit to my tasks). I started in the early 1900s with articles that [...]
I checked my email this morning and read that Tamara had tagged a photograph of me on Facebook. I haven’t seen her in a long time, so I thought that was slightly curious, but I also thought it was great, because it gave me an opportunity to look at myself. I’m joking. [...]
Rejoice, world. Paul Wolfowitz is in Jim McGreevey’s bed. Just joking! Then he would have had to resign. It’s just that he, like Sir Jim, improperly obtained for his lover a promotion and pay raise. Why did McGreevey ( lover of Israeli men) resign immediately while Wolfowitz (lover of Libyan [...]
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