16 November 2002
“What can I show you that will make you happy with yourself?” Isaac Feig, eyeglass salesman on Madison Avenue, quoted on “The Next Big Thing“
15 November 2002
Overheard on the train today, by someone lecturing someone else about not using seats for his stuff: “That’s not gangsta. That’s fucking weak.”
13 November 2002
Today’s amusing truck signage: “Mark’s Mobile Meats.”
9 November 2002
“Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric because it is a product we can find in our neighborhoods.” So said George W. Bush, of course, quoted in September’s Sierra.
6 November 2002
Ah, another depressing Election Night. well, this serendipitous moment earlier today: while walking from Monroe to Randolph along the Dearborn subway today, I stopped in the weird platform between the two to listen to a violinist at Monroe and the erhu-ist (?) at Washington.
9 October 2002
Newspaper wars are back! This time, it’s over us young’uns. How flattering.
28 October 2002
“Have a good look. It will be a long time before you’ll see Brazil so hopeful again.” TAP on Lula’s election
26 October 2002
Trixies are parvenus? Impossible!
25 October 2002
Gals: beware the Yuppie Ring of Fire.
24 October 2002
“It would be best if he resigned. But he’s obviously not going to do that.” — Richard Perle, Defense Policy Board chairman, threatening a regime change in… Germany? [From the 4 Nov TAP]
23 October 2002
“Unfortunate Child, do not mistake me for living thing, nor seek in me the warmth denied you by your parents. For beneath my plush surface lies a hardness as impervious and unforgiving as this World’s own indifference to your mortal struggle. Hold on to me when you are sad, and I will weigh you down, but bear this weight throughout your years, and it will strengthen your limbs and harden your will so that one day no man dare oppose you.” – from the label for Cement Cuddlers, possibly coming to a toystore near you soon
22 October 2002
“Lose the car. Not the taste.” Not that many cyclists are really looking for low-carb beers, anyhow — the carbs really help on those long rides.
