The Brazilian Electrician
Originally Posted 27-July-05 On Friday, an electrician from Brazil was shot in the head five times by police who suspected he was a bomber in London. When they tried to
Roald Dahl
Today we traveled to the new Roald Dahl museum in Great Missiden (I think I spelled that right). As well as dedicating his own imagination to the world, looking at
More bombs
Originally Posted 23-July-05 Just a day after my last post, there were more bombings in London. But his time they were thwarted, thank God. It's been a hectic
Living in Interesting Times
I guess the Chinese curse is "may you live in interesting times." I'm sitting on a train from Oxford to Paddington. I was already on a
Time for Men
On the train this morning, I read some of Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self-Reliance. I first read the essay in the eleventh grade in Mr. Calahan's class
Writing on the Wall
As I sit here on the train home from Paddington station, I see all the graffiti lining the buildings, call boxes, and fences surrounding the rails. It looks awful. Then,
One Liners of a Presidential Debate
It's October 14, 2004. I missed my train by seconds (it would kill them to open the doors for one second) and have been standing on a platform