17 August 2006
In light of the recent debate about the definition of a planet, I’m wondering if good luck can be revoked ex post facto—my history of coincidence of astrological events and personal milestones is causing a disturbance in my superstitious mind.
As astronomers debate to codify the elements of such astrological events, rare souls have emerged in phone calls and emails to me and others. I feel we’ve arrived at a point in the narrative that demands a restatement of the elementary relationships between the characters before proceeding to the next act like human observers of celestial bodies laying down language for discoveries beyond the Kuiper belt.
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It’s about
Nostalgia.
6 August 2006
‘Conventional wisdom’ is my new favorite oxymoron.
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Keeps the company of
Wit.
4 August 2006
A coworker told me a story today about his experience at a lobbying firm for whom RJ Reynolds was a client, particularly about the bowls and trays of free cigarette packs in their lobbies and offices. At the time he didn’t smoke, and he felt ashamed taking them until he saw that wealthier and more powerful visitors habitually stuffed their pockets full of free cigarettes, at which point he started stockpiling smokes for his mother and sisters.
Now, around this time, RJ Reynolds acquired Kraft and their American-cheese singles empire and thus diversified the gratis platter in their lobby, at which point in the story I quipped that my coworker had at least once in his past “a safari jacket stuffed with Velveeta and cigarettes.”
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Keeps the company of
Wit and Cinema.
