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  • lessons from sean bell

    it doesn't surprise me. i remember expressing outrage after the amadou diallo acquittals to my roommate, an african-american guy from mississippi who grew up running from redneck hicks who tried to lynch him. i laugh…

  • george the banker works a few floors above me in the posh investment banking area. on his floor, the walls are dusted with diamonds and angels herald every major financing deal with joyful trumpeting on golden french h…

  • a birthday postcard

    "i can see us not speaking to each other," she portended, a few days after we first met. she laughed at the time, but she admitted that she was a little scared. she hadn't felt this way in a while. it made her pause…

  • season end recap

    well, it's the true end of the ski season for me. saw an orthopedist on tuesday for my knee and the prognosis was arthroscopic surgery, followed by 6 weeks of crutches, and 4-6 months of physical therapy. his diagnosis…

  • people who annoy you

    it really never gets old...

  • i love the way she blithely dances around in her thong even though i'm around. not because it's damn sexy; it is. but because it displays the level of trust and comfort that she feels when she's around me. but trust…

  • mixtape nostalgia i suppose you could label me a luddite over my affinity for mixtapes. don't get me wrong; i'm addicted to collecting cds, mp3s, and streaming music. my younger brothers first introduced me to the wo…

  • john varvatos is too cool for school i'm not that into designer brands (okay fine, i'm lying; it is a guilty pleasure), but john varvatos has always been a favorite designer of mine. anyways, he just opened up a new st…

  • my blueberry night into the wild a. o. scott's review in the Times is pretty spot on - that man never lets me down. well, maybe one time, but usually we're in the same frame of mind. my blueberry nights is typical won…

  • the challenge so i finally hit the gym for the first time last night after joining about a month ago. yes, i define the word wastrel. doc says i should avoid physical activity until he figures out what's wrong with my…

  • wong kar wai is in town so freakin' swamped, but just wanted to get this out. i was first introduced to wong kar wai's work several years ago by an ex-girlfriend of mine. after watching the majority of his films, he so…

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