Friday, September 19, 2008

Friday, September 12, 2008

Towers of Light

It was a cool, clear day here in New York. There seem to be a large number of tourists in the city, and the locals swam through the day with a slightly detached air...watching. A co-worker from Mississippi inquired into the past....I was the only person in my office to have been around in 2001.

My high school friend E encountered the senior Senator from Delaware on 114th, and blurted out "Biden, we love you;" the comment was graciously returned with an about-face, pat on the arm and a broad, white-haired grin. Walking home after work, I stumbled across the premiere of "The women" at 19th street. Jada Pinkett is very small in person and Julie Stiles carries herself with elegance. Eva Mendes is less attractive in person, surprisingly. The flashing of the paparazzi was surreal and mesmerizing.

Seven years is a long time. If this is a return to normalcy, it is disquieting... as Maugham said of Perfection, [its] "a trifle dull... It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved." On the other hand, dinner was a glaringly imperfect Serbian meal.

The twin beams stretch endlessly into the sky.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Experience

Experience:

Obama:
B.A in political science from Columbia University, with a specialization in international relations
J.D. in Law from Harvard, graduated magna cum laude; President of the Harvard Law Review
12 years (92-04) teaching constitutional law
7 years State Senator: sponsored more than 800 bills
4 years Senator for Illinois (a state with 12.8 million people)

Palin:
Bachelor's in journalism from University of Idaho
4 years Wasilla City Council (8000 people)
6 years Wasilla mayor (8000 people)
1 year "Ethics Commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission"
20 months governor of a state with 660,000 people

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

G.O.P Love Song. Verse #1

In honor of the The Republican Convention, I wrote a poem.

I love you more than palin loves her pistol,
So much more than Levi loves Bristol
Love you more than a masochist loves pain
about as much as Dobson loves Mccain