Strange Interlude

Embarassing New York moment of the day.

At 14th St. L stop, putting a dollar in the guitar case of a Rastafarian playing "I Want to Hold Your Hand" only to find it liberally festooned with brochures on "The Evils of Race Mixing."

Paging David Horowitz

Marxist ideology in  in our public schools.

Via Pandagon.

The low point

According to the leading blog of the right, this is what it all comes down to:.

Notice how it is now 'put a Koran in a toilet'. No longer is the phrasing 'flush a Koran down the toilet'. A subtle, yet important change.

(Yes, technically it's from a letter to him, but one that he quotes approvingly)

You want this?

This is not what you have planned

Right now, I am listening to canned  James Taylor while waiting on hold for the retail link tech support for Walmart. Clearly, my career path has gone awry.

Though, if David Brooks were reading this, and I have no reason to believe he's not, he would be scorning my metropolitan elitism - I think I get a pass because James Taylor is also a blue state figure.

Blogger Triumphalism

Link: Murder solved by victim blogging about suspicious person hanging around his apartment. .

Worst "cute" headline ever

From reading over the shoulder of a fellow commuter's Metro New York: Trent Reznor nails financial manager.

Phrase that people apparently still use unironically

"Cutting a rug"

Not much for May

I'd like to write more, but an unexpected opportunity came along to move into Manhattan and that's going to be occupying most of my free time for the rest of the month.

Apologies

Been visiting friends and family in Chicago over a long weekend.

In addition, a lot of this blog so far has been a bit of throat clearing,
as I get a sense of what I really want to put up here. Hopefully, if enough
time presents itself today, I'll be putting some notions that are sketched
on paper into pixel.