Cities look different when it’s raining. I had never been there with so much rain and mist. It was like only half the city was visible and none of the landmarks were recognizable. Everything was stunted and muted, but it was kind of cool. I looked through the flagship Macy’s and then went down to [...]
OS X 10.4 is now in stores. I’ll see it in Soho tomorrow. Rumor has it Apple will tweak its iMac line for the occasion. When that happens, the laptop finally hits the road again and the desktop will belong to a 20-inch beauty. And U2 will be in town in two weeks. And they [...]
They cut it off. I was watching W’s first press conference of his second term on Fox and… they cut it off when the hour was ending and they had incredibly banal TV shows to run. I was shocked. One second, W’s struggling to string a sentence together, and the next there’s a guy on [...]
I’m making headway in the history book I’m reading on the history of the Rome of the East. I know nowadays it’s called Istanbul. Even the book I’m reading is called Istanbul: The Imperial City. But it’ll always be Constantinople to me. I’ve always known it as such, the intermediate name, the one given to [...]
Is this true what I’ve heard? That the Republicans are considering passing a bill that would ban filibustering during the selection of a new judge? Excuse me while I have it out with myself… #^@&%@$&^@^&%^# WHAT are they thinking? The current people in power have overreached themselves long ago. Maybe now as they get worse [...]
Part I of this Post: A Bag Two weeks now I’ve been thwarted in my efforts to hit NYC to buy things I can’t afford. Maybe it’s a sign. But yesterday, to get over my disappointment, I found this adorable spring bag I thought the world should see. But in case you see me on [...]
Sometimes I just have to write down what it is that’s bugging me. I can’t help it. So what is it lately? These: 1. I hate people who get behind you while you’re trying to get into your apartment building and no matter how much you’re holding or how difficult it is to find your [...]
It happened live while I was taking lunch. Live from Rome… white smoke and then the bells. I had never seen this in my lifetime. Joseph Cardinal Ratzsinger now Pope Benedict XVI. I wish him luck. It’s such an immense job, especially following someone like John Paul. Another thing I was a bit baffled by [...]
One of the best things to happen to the software industry is over.
Q Magazine’s latest issue has something about the greatest music of all time that you must own. There was a page on every genre. What really got to me was the “If You Only Had 100 Quid” section, with what the editors felt was the crucialest of the crucialest and bestest of the bestest music. [...]
I’d been planning all week to go into New York City this weekend for a shopping visit, as I’ve shopped the city I live in to death. The train’s the most painless way to get into Manhattan. So I went to the main rail station since it’s the only place where you can purchase tickets [...]
I vacuumed last Saturday. Vacuumed. And the weather was perfect outside. What is it about spring that makes me want to clean up and dress up and make my apartment look like a designer loft? What is it about spring that makes me almost wanna go run a marathon down by the river. What is [...]
