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Archive for June 2011

these guys are from england

On 30 June 2011

EVERY GODDAMN DAY I usually wake up thirty or forty minutes before my alarm. I always feel wide awake, wiggly, full of pep and ideas. Thirty more minutes is nothing! That’s not even a nap! So not worth it. I consider turning off the alarm and getting up, making a fried-egg sandwich and spending a […]

something naked and clean

On 15 June 2011

1. There is a new member of senior management at the office, and she looks exactly like someone I went to elementary school with, only taller. Quite a bit taller, since the former classmate was (presumably still is) a dwarf. I like the whole doppelganger-with-a-twist phenomenon; I used to work with the African American version […]

a dog with ear trouble

On 1 June 2011

OH GOOD This woman on the El was sitting on the outside, leaving the window seat free. (Why have the New-York-style subway cars, with one long row of seats, not caught on in Chicago? Why does the CTA insist on having us buddy up like schoolkids on a field trip?) She politely swiveled her knees […]