Archive for November 10th, 2005
Thursday, November 10th, 2005
Local Politics: Underrated, Unloved
You rotten people, you, who don’t think local politics matters. In the situations which are most likely to directly affect your own life, local politics matters the most of any level of government. This is laudable, practical, and—judging by civic election turnout rates—largely overlooked. The most interesting (and empirically effective) thinking about livability and crime […]
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Thursday, November 10th, 2005
Found money
This morning I grabbed a pair of pants which I don’t much like: gray, a little ratty, don’t fit well anymore. When I shoved my hand in my pocket at work, I found a hundred bucks in well-laundered twenties. First, that’s a really great surprise to have. Second, how did I get so bad at […]
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Thursday, November 10th, 2005
Bad Animals
Never mind that those wonderful, misunderstood animals don’t know any better. Never mind that I enjoy owning both of them, after a fashion. Why does my cat like to wake us up by biting our heads, and why does my dog think that if it just growls and looks scary enough, 15 pounds of it […]