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Coronavirus Diary No. 3
Los Angeles Times: ‘Batman’ shut down after positive COVID case, reportedly Rob Pattinson. New York Times: Trump Vaccine Chief Casts Doubt on Vaccine by Election Day Fox News: Salon owner denies Pelosi’s ‘setup’ claims, says House Speaker ‘owes the entire country an apology’. Twitter: We Might See A Lot More Coronavirus Pandemics Ahead, Experts Warn.…
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Master/Chef
When you change a set of strings on an instrument, one of the things you have to be careful of is to maintain tension in the instrument. A guitar or violin or piano is not one solid thing, it is an assembly of wood and wire that only keeps its shape because it is under…
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Black Lives Matter
“So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”… Matthew 20:16 I’ve been thinking about this verse a lot. Reading the verse in context gives reveals a different meaning, but I’ve been thinking about what it means when we upend hierarchies and reverse the order, as in the words of Jesus. When…
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Die Unstillbare Gier
When you receive a gift from someone who was in your life for a brief time, your relationship to the gift will eventually eclipse your memories of the giver. A few summers ago, at party in an apartment above The Matador on West Burnside (before it closed), I met T. and M. They were a…
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Coronavirus Diaries No. 2
Twitter: “IOC considers postponing 2020 Tokyo Olympics.” Fox News: “Aid talks at standstill as McConnell, Dems argue over sticking points in stalled spending bill.” New York Times: “Partisan divide threatens deal on rescue bill.” Oregonian: “Veteran with coronavirus dies a Lebanon nursing home, bringing Oregon death toll to 5.”] The Wedding Yesterday, two of my…
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2020 Oscars
It was the Oscars tonight! I watched the full telecast for the first time in several years tonight, and thought it was a surprisingly inspiring and life-affirming broadcast. Here’s my picks of winners and losers this year. Winners Parasite. The winner that everybody is going to be talking about tomorrow is Parasite. The best case…
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Building a cathedral
This article on cathedrals, particularly John the Divine in New York is the best thing I’ve read all year (so far): https://theprepared.org/features/2019/4/28/building-a-cathedral
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2020
I have a very simple resolution for the new year. Not even a resolution, actually, as much as a simple tool for cutting through indecision and analysis paralysis: If it’s worth doing, practice doing it better. If it’s not worth doing, practice cutting it out. I didn’t put up a side-by-side picture of 2010 vs.…
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cyber/noir
I love the serendipity when two ideas come at the same time, and a storm of connections are made just because I came across them at around the same time. The first item is The Schedule and the Stream, a Medium article by Matt Locke which frames the algorithmic stream (Facebook’s News Feed and others,…
