I picked up the paper today—an actual physical paper, something I don't do very often—and read about Odai and Qusay and the amazingly well-timed (for the White House news cycle, at any rate) four hour firefight. And then I read this … [Continue reading]
Checking in
I almost titled this entry "Cracking up" but I have this thing about the power of words and self-fulfilling prophecies. § I also almost wrote an entry detailing why things are difficult for me right now, but not only would I not get any … [Continue reading]
Housing prices, French-style
In the book A Year In Provence, Peter Mayle describes buying a home in France. Evidently everyone lies about the actual prices of homes in France, because of the taxes, so that when the house sale is actually transacted, the government official … [Continue reading]
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