I took the Fantom (my kickass cross bike) up riverside drive from office to the other and just arrived. There’s no one here and the AC is great. The sound of this office is perfect. Here, I’ll record while I … Continue reading
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Sometimes I come home and I don’t recognize the smell of my apartment. It’s as if I’m entering someone else’s living space. I look around and recognize things, objects, but like the scent, they too seem to be without history. … Continue reading
The “corporatization of everything” model isn’t unique to the US and the UK any more. It’s been enormously successful, akin to an early religion spreading across an illiterate people, and leaving exploitation and ruin wherever it goes. Of course, it … Continue reading
Chestnut eats 68 hotdogs and the nation breathes a sigh of relief. The heat index is up, with 300 record high temperatures set for the month of June and now we’re at July 5 and it’s in the mid-90s again. … Continue reading
Here are the pictures from Sunday night (below), as promised. I have good commentary but time is short for that today, unfortunately. I will say that this city opens up to you layer by layer. It peels back its smoggy, … Continue reading
The weekend was eggs-on-car-hood-not-fried-but-burned-completely and this entire week is supposed to be don’t-touch-the-pavement-with-bare-feet-unless-you’re-a-shaman. Perhaps the summer prognosis. I did fine with it. I found sun screen that smells ok and the idea of liquid armor is nice. I played some … Continue reading
The piston day end ended nicely with good noodles, a good flop around in a semi-park, a short observation of hoards of people swing dancing at Lincoln Center, and some later evening hummus before heading home. Firstly, the noodles: This … Continue reading
Free bus uptown to the other office. It smells like a damp tent and it’s a runaround day, like a piston on the island, up down up down 135 116 168 116 135, the stack is full. Sweating already. Wallet … Continue reading
1. Final presentation last night was fine. 2. New sound system for living room. 3. Today is train like a motherfucker day. 4. The mysticism of pictorial evidence occurs again. 1. My group went last and our idea was good. We didn’t … Continue reading
Most of the paper done on coffee and snacks late last night. A little zombic today but worth it so I don’t have to stress about it during the day. I still need to finish it, but it shouldn’t be … Continue reading

