haven't we moved past this?

This article angers me. An outsider redrawing borders still in this day and age?! Believing you understand it? Clearly you don't when you can write "Arabs are abuzz..." ALL ARABS agree? 

Idiot. 

so long, see you tomorrow

From Maxwell's book, a perfect line that captures that feeling of intimacy in the middle of the crowds (see 2 posts back):

New York City is a place where one can weep on the sidewalk in perfect privacy. 

lahiri schmiri

Did anyone read this? She's such a pain in the ass. She couldn't simply answer the question but had to point out the faults in each and every question (and then sometimes answer it even though she had just finished arguing it wasn't a legitimate question). She had to be above it all. When I heard her read years ago she did this with the audience - she was condescending and dismissive. And she has no basis - genius she is not! 

AND the second line of her answer was her saying she read the English translation then the Italian original. I don't think anyone asked. So full of herself. At least there's some justice in the portrait drawing that makes her look crappy. 

hello

Hello Empire State Building, hello Chrysler, hello intimate moments in the midst of the masses. I'm home now, and I've never used that word lightly.