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Urban Irrationalism, Cont.
Thoreau’s Journal
This is a well-written, pulse quickening account of a confrontation on the Metro with a lunatic. You may know the feeling: Your gut tells you not to get involved but you can’t let it slide, eith
er. The post was also noted in The Express. An excerpt:At this point I can’t take it anymore, and am kind of scared for the woman, and speak up. I say something like “sir, please sit down and stop yelling. … At which he responds by rushing back to me and grabbing at his backpack like he has a gun.
Fundraising Effort Gets Rude Treatment
My life as an Alien in modern-day USA
Eliza, who is from Australia and is here to complete her studies, has raised $715 to fight AIDS as part of her participation in the National AIDS Marathon Training
Program. But she is about to get booted from this program because she hasn’t raised enough money. She needs an additional $1,000 and the easiest way to solve this problem is to help out with a small donation. It would also help if the organizers of this fund raising event read her blog post. An excerpt:I'm having a "what the hell am I doing this all for" moment. Not only has my programme director failed to contact me until just now after my desperately trying to get any form of response from him for six weeks, he started off the meeting being all doing his best to spit fire in my face. Not literally, but he really did his best nasty at me.
Also Noted:
Police try to control fireworks traffic on Key Bridge but drivers move little, reports Rants and Ramblings. Excerpt: Shortly afterward, the officer, still driving up and down the bridge, seemed to have given up completely. “I hope you send me some good pictures,” he announced through the loudspeaker.
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posted by kob @ 12:21 AM
1 Comments:
Thanks for linking to this! One of two things will happen: I'll either raise the money or be kicked out of the programme for writing about my "difficulties". Will keep you posted...
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