02 August 2010

Can I Stay Out And Move On?

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The other night, I was part of a panel discussion that followed a showing of the film Trinidad .   The other two members of the panel wer...
29 July 2010

The Choice: Intellectual, Not Academic

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I'm still thinking about the conversation I had last night with the "invisible man."  He said it was one of the most intellige...
28 July 2010

Invisible In The Same Fight?

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This is a first for me:  I haven't posted on this blog for four days.  The bike ride (which you can read about in my other blog, Mid-Lif...
24 July 2010

Locker Room Talk

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This morning I did a short ride down to Battery Park and along the greenway that skirts the Hudson on the West Side of Manhattan.  I just wa...
22 July 2010

For Carl Walker-Hoover and Evelyn Hernandez

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For the past two days, I was busy with the end of the course I've been teaching.  The nice thing about summer classes, especially the on...
19 July 2010

Redemption Through Marriage?

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Today I saw my cousin again.  He returned from Florida on Friday, where he visited my parents and one of his cousins.  And, my mother gave ...
17 July 2010

A Dream In Sunset Park

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I am going to make the most audacious claim you'll hear for a while. I am going to show you a photo of a dream: Here's another p...
16 July 2010

Out Of The Closet This Summer

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First one heat wave, then another.  Now I'm really glad that I had my surgery last, rather than this, year. According to meteorologis...
15 July 2010

Another Year Home

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One year ago today, I came home from my surgery.  One of the first things I noticed upon getting off the plane was the humidity.  After spen...
14 July 2010

Anniversaries and Revolutions

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Today is le quatorze juillet  or le jour de Bastille.   I don't think I did anything revolutionary today.  I hadn't planned to.  The...
13 July 2010

Someone Else's Decision

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Yesterday I was talking to a young man--a former student of  mine--who'd gotten a young woman pregnant.  I told him the sorts of things ...
11 July 2010

Getting Used to Me

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The other night, I was talking to an uncle of mine.  Actually, he's the last surviving uncle I have.  And he happens to be my godfather....
09 July 2010

Typical Guy (or Girl)

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Today I was talking with a friend of mine.  Let's call her Nell.  Last week, I saw her with her sister, whom I'll call Dolores.  I c...
08 July 2010

Another Day After: Bumping Into A Former Student

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One year and one day after my surgery...All right, I'll stop counting, at least on this blog.  Still, it's hard not to think about t...