so, what happened at school today?
it’s common practice, in the course of bumping into friends you haven’t seen in some time, or while attempting to make idle chatter with that attractive person you’ve just met and are awkwardly trying to impress, to ask a person or group of persons “what’s new?” this query can be posed in any of a […]
travesty of justice is about right
my firsthand experience with chicago police officers has been, mercifully, limited. really, aside from the one time they mistakenly thought i was an auto thief, pulling me over and descending upon my own car swat-style, with guns drawn – they’ve pretty much left me alone. i’ve had a couple bogus tickets stuck under the windshield […]
when counting crows was popular
last night i was having a debate with myself. strangely, it went unresolved. but john mccain declared himself the winner before it was over anyway. regardless, the issue at hand was whether “recovering the satellites” was actually a great record, or whether it was just a good record that i associated with an emotionally-charged part […]