28 March 2009

You're Not Adopted

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Someone once asked Anne Coulter what she would do if her son told her he was gay. "I'd tell him he was adopted," she snapped b...
27 March 2009

Not Total Recall, Thank You

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tToday Bruce and I were walking around SoHo, the neighborhood in which he works. I worked there, too, many years ago: half my lifetime ago. ...
26 March 2009

Defending Him: Catfight?

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I'm not a violent person. But I did have a fleeting thought... Dominick told me about a female co-worker who accused him of cursing at h...
25 March 2009

Which Way Next?

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OK, so let's see...In the last two days, I submitted a paper that will contribute absolutely nothing to my professor's (or anyone el...
23 March 2009

A March Or A Journey?

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Bricks reflected orange light turning red from the setting sun. Somehow this felt autumnal, even though spring arrived (at least officially)...
21 March 2009

The Lie of Spring

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Yesterday was the first official day of Spring. And it snowed early in the morning. Today was sunny but still chilly. In other years, this d...
20 March 2009

Hormones, Migraines, Laughter and Tears?

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Tonight I called Dominick. I caught him as he was having supper with an old friend of his, who was his Spanish teacher in high school. Domin...
19 March 2009

Here and Coming

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Amazing, what just a little R&R will do for you. The twitches I'd been experiencing disappeared, at least for now. I hope they don...
18 March 2009

Would They Have a Harder Time With Me If I Cried or Screamed? It's Not Their Choice

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For the last two days, I have been a hermit when I've been on the campus. At least, I've been as much of a hermit as one can be whil...
16 March 2009

Why You Can't Go Home Again

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Tonight I brought my composition class to a lecture because, well, I figured they haven't been to anything like it. And, I confess, I wa...
15 March 2009

The Ides: Recalling Time, Remembering Lives

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A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March. Well, I haven't heard any soothsaysers lately, or at least I don't think I have. And...
13 March 2009

Momento Allegro

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The D train hurtled through the tunnel from 34th Street-Herald Square to the West Fourth Street Station. For a long time, that was my favori...
12 March 2009

We Don't Need No Education

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At least I didn't have to go to the college today. In fact, I didn't talk to anybody until I went for my electrolysis session. There...
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11 March 2009

Isolation

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Today at the college, I felt an overwhelming sense of loneliness overtaking me after I taught my first class: The Poetics and Rhetoric of Hi...
09 March 2009

The Fatigue Defense

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Today my department had its monthly meeting, which was supposed to be held last Monday but was cancelled because a snowstorm closed the coll...
08 March 2009

Quinquagesima

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Today was warmer than normal for this time of year, as yesterday was. And both days passed under overcast skies that didn't so much thre...