Posted in memory, writing on May 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
“Taxi? Taxi?” asked the Nigerian man in the late-model white Camry, his dashboard and mirror bedecked with flags, kente, figurines. I’m carrying my BBQ research results (i.e., takeout) back to my car, and am dressed, I then realized, like the most out-of-place yuppie asshole ever. Yep– corporate logoed-hat, chinos, Jack Purcells and [...]
Posted in bipolar, links, memory, mom, photos, real mental on April 14, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Today’s post, Try, try again is up at Real Mental. Here’s the photograph that started the rumination:
Posted in Deep Thoughts, good things, memory on March 28, 2008 | 16 Comments »
I was riding home from work, listening to my mp3 player, not paying much attention to what was going on around me. I was tired– it has been a long, boring day, and I had just started back to work again, feeling the oppression of not being able to take a nap in the middle [...]
Posted in memory on March 25, 2008 | 6 Comments »
The Big Top tent of “my” circus is up at City Hall Plaza in Boston again– I saw it as I was crossing the plaza in the whipping cold rain, on my way to an interview, my raincoat flapping in time with the tent sides.
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Posted in Deep Thoughts, good things, links, memory, mom on March 20, 2008 | 15 Comments »
Today is Maundy Thursday, the day on which Jesus’ Last Supper falls. I am still struggling with my literal faith versus my belief in the metaphors, my support of the scripture if not the institutions, but one of the best parts of Easter, for me, is what happens before the Last Supper. As [...]
Posted in Deep Thoughts, memory, meta, poems, politics on March 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Four uniformed transit police,
one on a cell phone,
talking to payroll.
Strung out in a thick blue line, looking tough
hands shoved in jacket front pockets,
ready by their holsters .
They’re there to protect–
the kids from themselves,
and us from the kids–
the ones with nothing better to do
than to stab and shoot and beat
using weapons whose cost could have gone [...]
Posted in friends, memory on March 2, 2008 | 13 Comments »
Polonius had it right, mostly– or at least I think so. Having grown up without much stuff, I’ve always been more than a little possessive about my stuff. I didn’t want to lend it out, for fear I’d never get it back, as happened on a few occasions. So mostly, I just didn’t lend. And [...]
Posted in food, links, memory, politics on March 1, 2008 | 10 Comments »
There’s an interesting article in the NYT about how students who are eligible for free lunches are not biting. Why? Because many schools’ distribution system makes clear who gets free lunch, either by way of separate lines, far more limited food choices, or the issuance of telltale “tickets” or other vouchers.
This isn’t a [...]
Posted in Better Half, memory on February 25, 2008 | 18 Comments »
A couple of you asked how the Better Half and I met, so without further ado…
We met over 10 years ago (we’ve been married a little over 7) at a luncheon that my law school put on for admitted students. Sort of a “please come here” sales pitch. The BH had also gotten [...]
Posted in Love Thursday, Shutter Sisters, flickr, friends, good things, links, memory, photos on February 14, 2008 | 11 Comments »
One perfect rose, originally uploaded by BipolarLawyerCook.
I’ve been meaning to hop on the Shutter Sisters bandwagon and join in Love Thursday– what better day to start than Valentine’s Day?
This rose grew on a rosebush down the street from our house. From May to November, this bush throws out one perfect rose, one [...]
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