confessions of a reformed tourist
As long as I can remember, my dad has gone through “phases”. Like a kid who has just discovered baseball cards. He goes out and collects every single thing he can about baseball cards. These things he collects are both concrete (the cards themselves) and abstract (biographical details and stats and other such ephemera). And [...]
I do not know what the original source is, but this is too good not to post.
At 11:51 PM on Tuesday I typed the last words of my liveblog and finally stepped away from the computer. The networks had called the election. I had confirmed it on Twitter. I wasn’t celebrating yet. I was cautious. But then the miracle happened. Mere minutes after the call, John McCain delivered his concession speech. [...]
Seven years today since 9/11. Seven years ago this minute I was watching the second tower fall. All morning I’ve been listening to the reading of the names at Ground Zero. I’ve always hated it that they call it that — Ground Zero. There are actually baseball caps with that godawful nickname. It’s beyond me [...]
