Daily Archives: September 27, 2007

We could stick around and see this night through

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If you remember from reading Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, the changes go slowly and then quick.

Amherst Coffee, 11AM, with my two students, Anna and Steve, in a Special Topics in the short story. Me: Did you see that Verizon is now blocking users from receiving text message alerts from NARAL? Anna: That’s like a story … Continue reading

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Filed under politics, product, what is wrong with us, writers, writing

I kind of want to turn my face into a mask that never moves.

Setting: Jetblue flight from Long Beach, CA to JFK Airport, aisle 10. I’m seated in the middle, next to a beautiful 23-year-old woman from Los Angeles with perfect skin, discussing skin. Me: I was celebrating my birthday with friends from … Continue reading

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Filed under animal savagery, apocalypse