January 2001

Busy bee

January 30, 2001

Ugh. Busy, busy. New look coming, but later. No time to think. Back to work. Thanks for your patience.

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Divided we stand

January 22, 2001

More post-election commentary that makes sense. From The Economist, a more migration-based explanation than the tribal one I found a while back. I think they’re both getting to the crux of the matter, which is that simple generalizations of our current political landscape are pointless. The old ways of looking at race, class, geography, and gender in regard to who votes for who are giving way to less clear-cut, but probably deeper divisions. It’s going to be an interesting four years at the very least.

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Beat

January 19, 2001

Gregory Corso is dead at 70. I always forget somehow that the Beat poets age. Something about the way they entered the nation’s consciousness lives on, as if they’re forever these young, vital artists crashing through the barricades of propriety. I remember how surprised I was when I saw Allen Ginsberg almost 10 years ago [...]

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Good reads

January 18, 2001

A classic Northwest day—wet and blustery. Time to go make some chai and grab another novel. I’ve gotten off fiction in the last 5 years or so, but have recently dived back in with two fine novels: The Sparrow and Children of God. Completely engrossing, and they questions they raise have stayed with me for [...]

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El coche es muerto. ¡Viva el coche!

January 16, 2001

I could make a joke about bad car-ma here, but won’t. The fact of the matter is that my Escort (which regular readers may recall was purchased in desperation after the tragic demise of my beloved Corolla) has bit the dust. After a joyous and highly entertaining weekend in San Francisco and Santa Cruz, I [...]

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High lonesome movie

January 12, 2001

OK, one thing I really miss about the Bay Area (aside from my friends, of course)—theaters that show independent movies. There are two movie theaters near where I live, but they both concentrate on the latest Hollywood big movies (saw the Grinch, there, for instance). I miss the Towne and Camera 3 especially. So it [...]

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Too big

January 11, 2001

Back in the Bay Area, and I seem to have brought the rain with me (sorry to everybody here). Otherwise, though, it’s been a great trip so far. It’s good to be back in the office for a while and go out to lunch with friends. One thing I have learned on this trip that [...]

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Kaycee

January 11, 2001

What he said. I started reading Kaycee’s blog through Halcyon Styn and have spent much of the last 4 months in awe of the spirit of this young woman. And I echo BWG’s request—send her some energy or your prayers or an email, or whatever feels appropriate to you. Every bit helps. All Kaycee archives [...]

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On a plane, I can’t complain

January 9, 2001

Well, another long lull. For those two or three of you who check every day, thanks and I’m sorry about the lack of content. I’m finally back at my real job again and it’s taken a while to get back up to speed. Plus, the Ken Burns Jazz series started last night, so that’s 18 [...]

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When Two Tribes Go to War…

January 4, 2001

U.S. Politics as a Conflict of Tribal Coalitions: Or, how the Democrats and Republicans switched sides. This makes more sense to me than any other piece of political commentary I’ve read this year, and does a lot to explain the distribution of colors on maps like these.

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