Recovered from the Wayback Machine. This essay is long, and includes terms that are racially offensive, but also representative of the time in which they were used. Much of my earliest reading was through books I pilfered from my brother’s shelves when he was out playing with his friends. It was through my brother that […]
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Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I have a passion for architecture, a passion very well satisfied by St. Louis, with its distinctive neighborhoods, and unique mix of styles. Against the backdrop of the futurist, sleek Arch is the whimsy of the Victorian walking parks such as Tower Grove. The sweeping, lush gardens of the South […]
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Beautiful Protest
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. One only has to look around at the news to see why we all seem so quiet. It’s difficult to chat about this and that when we’re surrounded by talk of war. Coinciding with the President’s speech last night about the ‘imminent’ threat from Saddam Hussein, we’re faced this morning with the […]
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Please invade this city
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. The President focused his weekly radio address on Iraq and the need to remove Saddam Hussein. He also issued promises to the Iraqi people that he will not leave them to suffer from this war: Rebuilding Iraq will require a sustained commitment from many nations, including our own. We will remain in […]
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Can’t sleep might as well write
I gave up trying to sleep and since I was in a writing mood I thought I would put my sleeplessness to good effect. Besides, I forgot to mention that I was interviewed by Newsweek yesterday for a story on weblogging. (Of course the interview was for a story on weblogging. Did you think that […]