Sometimes you can know too much. Once you understand your own innocence or charm, it ceases to be innocent or charming to everyone else. Escargot, caviar and honey are more delicious in ignorance than when you consider what they really are. And if you truly think about all the shit that’s going down in the world today, anger, frustration and sadness can be incapacitating. Cease … [Read more...] about This Week’s Horoscope
Archives for April 2005
‘Everybody Is Somebody’
When I arrived to meet Miss Loudon in her classroom, she was relaxed and reflective, perched on her reclining chair in front of a wooden stage. She sat amidst racks of character clothing, stage props and old photographs. A former student of Miss Loudon’s stopped by to say hello, as have so many of her students over the years. “We’ll never uncover the veil of secrecy that is … [Read more...] about ‘Everybody Is Somebody’
This Week in Review
Went to work this morning listening to a nonsensical David Marcus essay on National Public Radio denouncing teenage drug abuse in all its forms. He got all huffy because today is 4/20, Stoner Day or whatever the kids are calling it these days. Yes, yes, it’s all very bad. But Marcus completely missed the real significance of today—it’s Adolf Hitler’s birthday! On this day in … [Read more...] about This Week in Review
From Homeowner to Homeless
Right now nobody knows where Roger Swanson is. He’s been missing for the last month. Recent attempts by his family to find him proved fruitless. There are stories of him riding his bike up and down South Kihei Road but no one’s quite sure where he lives now. Some say he’s living on one of the Kam beaches or even in a storage unit. Like many homeless people, Roger suffers … [Read more...] about From Homeowner to Homeless
Cruise Control
Vessel: Norwegian Wind Operator: Norwegian Cruise Lines Complement: 2437 Scheduled Maui Visit: May 3, 2005 Last Center for Disease Control Inspection: Feb. 26, 2005 Score: 97 out of 100 Read through enough CDC Vessel Sanitation inspection reports, and you see that sometimes cruise ships get written up for some rather petty … [Read more...] about Cruise Control