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Monthly Archives: March 2011

Escape velocity

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

3-DAY FRIEND JUNKET to the West Coast! I depart at dawn. What felt frivolous when I planned it is now urgently needed as we recover from a looooong visit from family (our quarters are close by most people’s standards, at least this side of Chicago). Three days is the magic number for sleepovers, people. Any [...]

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Global uncertainty

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Q’S W/O A’S: > Are we one natural disaster and/or terrorist attack away from economic End Times? > Will today’s decadence and wastefulness seem unthinkable within my lifetime? Will I miss it? > Can you live by the bubble without necessarily dying by it? > Is my personal prosperity sufficiently aligned with that of the [...]

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Where we’re winding up

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

THE SPRING PSYCHE TRIES TO SHUT OUT INCONVENIENT FACTS, like how this is our snowiest month, or how winters here will only get worse if climate trends hold. But the gaping potholes and eroding cliffs of filth are tough to ignore. In the doldrums of March, small frustrations threaten to ruin you: misplaced mittens trigger [...]

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