Tag Archives: NYC

Getting cold in here

By alex | Published: 10/13/2006
I recently went to see Avenue Q, which features a great number on Schadenfreude. It was a little chillier in Manhattan today, enough that we closed the windows last night. In Buffalo, they are snowed in. They closed the airport–which never happens. There are motorists stuck out on the interstate. And as much as I […]
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The world in a laundromat

By alex | Published: 9/11/2006
Lot’s of people are posting about 9/11 today. I’ve already posted my thoughts on other occasions. It’s sad, but there are plenty of sad things happening right now that deserve our attention. So, rather than add my own voice, I’ll instead point you toward Torill Mortensen’s post on folding laundry, which concludes: Today was interesting. […]
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War on Terror

By alex | Published: 8/11/2006
The Bush administration is again playing with alternatives to the “War on Terror,” now turning the machinery of war toward “religious extremism.” (I would prefer a “Crusade against religious extremism,” just for ironic effect, but I don’t think that’s going to play well.) Many have suggested that you can’t have a war on terror, because […]
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Neighborhood video

By alex | Published: 8/8/2006
What a cool idea! Turn Here hosts short films of neighborhood tours by neighborhood denizens. Here’s one (of several) for my neighborhood.
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