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Erasure / release
I have a large, well-organized personal library. [Pause and drum roll.] Many academics and intellectuals do so, of course, but I am a Collector – certainly in my department I have the largest and most strictly organized library, both in my office and at home, of books, CDs, DVDs, videotapes, LPS, and other media (although…
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The dull world
So: the news from the doctor – the medication doesn't seem to be doing much; a final decision in another month or so, but probably this was all useless. Which was kind of expected anyway. Annoyingly, since early December, and more so since Christmas Day (which was, itself, fun, at Michael and Andrew's), I am…
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Nietzschean
(Hmm, when would I last have had to check the spelling of that word, two or three times just to make sure – even though I am now sure it always frets at me a bit. But not as much as it used to.) Full moon, lunar eclipse, solar equinox, near Christmas. After a few…
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Overlapping
World AIDS Day. The past few days snowy, quiet. Feeling fairly well actually, few or no side effects – a big improvement over the five days of low-level fever last week. Thus less distracted, less incoherent. Tonight was a masked ball – a fundraiser, a chaos of music and people (about 130, which is quite…
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The Wish
On television, an old – and favorite – episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, from 1998, called 'The Wish'. Not 'favorite' as in 'fun': this is one of the frightening episodes where everything goes horribly wrong – in a moment of petty irritation, Cordelia wishes that Buffy had never come to Sunnydale. Unfortunately, when she…
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Brief friends
I have a small black canister of Mariage Frères' Marco Polo tea – a secret blend by classy London tea-makers, one of their most famous, and one of the most delicious and curious blends of flavors… too complex and subtle for me to describe, though a skilled cook could probably identify many of its elements.…
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Paul Attinello 