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by Yehuda Amichai For every man in a rage there are alwaystwo or three back-patters who will calm him,for every weeper, many more tear-wipers,for every happy man, plenty of sad oneswho want to warm themselves at his happiness. And every night at least one mancan’t find his way homeor his home has moved to another…
Late
by Terrance Hayes for my mother This late, no one is clean,not the bus’s worn blue seatswhich keep themselves company,or the nurse in her drowsy yellow uniform.It’s February and I haven’t spokento my mother since she told meto take my shit and go, her facebare and serious as a wall.The driver waves a gloved handat…
Preface
Tonight, as we were people-watching, Justin mentioned how much he liked seeing buses drive by. Late at night, when it’s dark, the lit interiors of buses provide an interesting snapshot, what Justin described as “a moving stage.” When he said that, I immediately thought of a two poems. One was written by someone I knew…
A second chance
I missed them once before, and I will do what I can to ensure that doesn’t happen again. Mini-Kiss is back in Chicago, and will be playing this Saturday night. Woohoo! I plan to get my picture taken with the band. It’s a moral imperative.
Hanging Out, Post-Work
What was initially a post-work drink turned into hanging out for a few hours with Justin. We ducked into a trendy place called “Blue Line,” as a few of the other nearby bars weren’t open until 7 PM. Ordered some drinks, got some calamari, and ended up talking shop and tech for a good while….
Tiny Words
Big congrats to my friend Matt, who got a haiku taken by tinywords.com. On top of that, it’s their 1,000th haiku that they’ve published! Rock!
On the way to work
No idea what this is about. Entitlement? What’s that? At any rate, it seems like Billy Jac was a good guy. So this picture is for him. Thanks for protecting us from the bad guys, Billy Jac. Here’s to you, whatever you may be doing now and whoever you might be.
Happy Birthday, Steph!
Today was Steph’s birthday, and what better way to mark the occasion than a backyard tiki party? Things kicked off at about 3:00 PM, and lasted through until the late evening. More pics as soon as I get a chance to catch my breath.
So Long, Artful Dodger
Went out tonight with Liz and Steph, to have a few drinks at the Artful Dodger. Tonight’s their last night, and this great little neighborhood bar will be no more. Got a few pics, but I’ll post them tomorrow most likely. The Dodger was the closest, coolest place for me to go grab a drink….
OK, I lied
So I spent a lot of today digging up the associated pages for all of the images in my new photo gallery. As of right now, there’s an extra nav item that will link you to the corresponding blog entry for each photograph. Yeah! It took me a while, as this thing is all XML-driven….
Done!
Ok. This should be the last entry about the photo gallery. I promise. Finally got the buttons inside the main image to work how I want. Fixed a few small bugs, and it’s pretty much finished I think. I may go back and tinker some, but all of the problems I was aware of should…
I fully recognize how nerdy this is, but still…
Ok. I was surfing around a bit, and spotted this dice.com banner ad. First of all, threshold = salary_sucks? That doesn’t even make sense. In my mind, a threshold is some point that has been reached. And so presumably, if you’ve got a sucky salary… it’s not as though it’s something that finally happened. It’s…
Contemplating a Move
I recently found out that Howard, Justin’s house-mate, is looking to buy his own place and his apartment will be opening up. The two of us met tonight, to see how things might work out were I to move in to his apartment. Howard hasn’t found a place yet, but has been looking. However, he’s…