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Monthly Archives: November 2010

Neon Cyclist

Friday, November 26, 2010

Came across this sign at a bike shop in LA. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to see the neon in action.

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Politics: A Not So Beautiful Game

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

“…at once it struck me, what quality went to form a Man of Achievement especially in literature & which Shakespeare posessed so enormously—I mean Negative Capability, that is when man is capable of being in uncertainties, Mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact & reason…” —Keats, in a letter to his brothers I noted […]

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At What Price?

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

I don’t know how long this banner has been hanging, but I only noticed it today: No matter the price, it sounds like a better bargain than the “Special Sale! Misfortunes” which are advertised a few blocks away.

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Do We Have a Mayor Yet?

Monday, November 8, 2010

Ten years and one day ago was the 2000 presidential election, which, as everyone presumably remembers, took about a month to resolve. Since I was working on the national desk of a newspaper at the time, it meant that I hardly got to take a day off. I did have one weekend free, however, and […]

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