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Sean Penn’s Ugly Words
Of course the Oscars were long. Of course, the presenter’s cue card jokes fell flat. Neil Patrick Harris, so effortlessly charming at the Tony’s, appeared stiff, even in B.V.D.’s and black socks. Still, Lady Gaga made the most of her … Continue reading
Posted in United States
Tagged 2015 Oscars, Alejandro González Iñárritu, BIrdman, Chris Rock, Jude Law, Neil Patrick Harris, Sean Penn
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W.E.B. DuBois Says it Better than Me
In Architecture by Moonlight, I struggle to describe my fellow workers. Haitians work ethic is different from ours. I don’t wish to romanticize it, nor imply it’s lesser or greater. Although many find value in my descriptions, the third-world experts … Continue reading
Boys, Toys, and Video Games
I just spent ten days with three boys, aged 8, 7 and 3. Like all children they were cute, surprising, hilarious and exhausting. Their dad, Brad, is an Army Captain deployed overseas; their mother Caitlyn is a deep reservoir of … Continue reading
I Give Up: A People’s History of the United States
I tried to read Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States, I really did. I slogged through every word of the first hundred pages, and then skipped the (abundant and repetitive) quotations through page 250 to focus on … Continue reading
Ten Highlights of Six Hours in Seattle
I had six hours to tour Seattle between light rail depositing me at Westlake Station and meeting my niece and her three boys for pizza in Capital Hill. The next nine days would be family-focused in a small town an … Continue reading
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Tagged Comet Tavern, Elliott Bay Book Company, Honeyhole, ponchos, Seahawks, Seattle, Sound Transit, Starbucks
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Loving Bookish Seattle Even Before I Arrive
People buy more books, per capita, in Seattle than anywhere in the United States – one and half times the national average. Although I cannot vouch that they actually read more (since they’re also busy spending more than twice the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, United States
Tagged AIA Seattle, Elliott Bay Book Company, Rem Koolhaus, Seattle, Seattle Times
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Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1,2,3): Reminiscent of Another Iconic Drama
As I took my seat after Intermission at ART’s production of Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1,2,3), I was struck that Suzan-Lori Parks’ historical drama is first cousin to another epic of another disenfranchised group in another era: … Continue reading
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Tagged Angels in America, ART, Father Comes Home from the Wars, Odyssey, Suzan -Lori Parks, Tony Kuschner
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MIT Takes a Slice of my Life
The MIT Alumni Association publishes a Slice of Life every day. Back in October they made a podcast about my work in Haiti, (MIT Alumni Interview) which proved so successful they followed up with a short video, available on You … Continue reading
Dream Cycle: The Dreams of Boys, the Dreams of Men
Last week I posted an essay about my dreams for the world, coincident with Martin Luther King Day. Serendipitously, the next day my niece emailed family and friends soliciting dreams for her seven-year-old son. My nephew’s been waking from bad … Continue reading
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Another Check off the Bucket List
I’m no fan of the term ‘bucket list’. It elevates the idea of peak experience, and thus diminishes the reality of life in the moment. Still, among guys my age (emphasis on GUYS) it’s a topic that comes up time … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Uncategorized
Tagged Architecture by Moonlight, bucket list, cycling, Haiti, New York Times, Twitter
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