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When I was a kid, I ate up America. I so very much wanted to belong to something. My family are immigrants to this country, I, a first-gen, (third culture iykyk) have no roots in this country, and no footing in my parents' homeland. This place was all I knew. My parents came to the states before the Reagan-era, and we were surrounded by white influence. Despite growing up in a mixed culture neighborhood, I went to a predominantly white church, I went to a PWI for most of my schooling, and the…
Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free. (America never was America to me.) Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed— Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above. (It never was America to me.) O, let my land be a land where Liberty Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath, But opportunity is real, and life is…
In June 1826, Thomas Jefferson was too ill to accept the Washington DC mayor’s invitation to participate in the fiftieth anniversary celebrations of the Declaration of Independence. In his polite letter declining the invitation, Jefferson wrote of his hopes for the document he had authored:May it [the Declaration of Independence] be to the world, what I believe it will be, (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all,) the signal of arousing men to burst the chains under which…
At the latest since I first played the awesome Mini Metro game, I’ve been interested in metros. Particularly their maps. They sit right at the intersection of urbanism, public transport and graphic design. Three topics I’m passionate about. That’s why I immediately clicked on this video when it got recommended to me: It’s a talk by Mark Ovenden, a transit historian who’s been obsessed with the topic since he was in school. He’s the author of a coffee table book that definitely goes on my…
First, calendars. This is of interest as I find my way around the communities in my new area. LAUTI has written a generous how-to on running a community calendar — the hard work of keeping a list of what's happening locally. It's all about the people, and talking to people is step 1. You don't have to roll your own software as they did; Mobilizon is a federated solution, or there's Gancio ('a shared agenda for local communities', AGPL). Martin Hamilton noted the gap for 'weird nerd' type event…
Fourth of July, 1954. Photographs by Peter Stackpole for LIFE Magazine. Originally posted June 30, 2011.
Saturday night, lying in bed, because of course I got sick the moment I had some room to breathe. I'm fresh off my first week of med school, and it's still a little surreal to call myself a med student. I feel like I don't deserve it yet. I haven't said the words "I'm a med student" out loud, ever. And aren't we first years supposed to be really proud of getting in? I have a lot of thoughts about campus, but maybe I'll talk about it another time. My everyday routine is starting to take shape:…
I think Sidny Lopes Cabral’s goal for Cape Verde vs Argentina, to tie it back up in the 103rd minute, was one of the top five most memorable goals I’ve ever seen. Right up there with van Persie’s “Flying Dutchman.” What say you?
As I write. As I type. As I adapt manifestation of expression. Minimalistic approach to words. Elegant simplicity. Poems hidden in lines; lines hidden in words. Games conjured by accidental voice in my head. Head full of narrators and whispers of collected memories. Ghosts of something deeper. Coherence lost a while ago. The machine took it away. I wonder on deserted landscapes searching truth hidden behind dunes. You seek oasis, I seek breath of life. That which gave birth to the object of…
In the before times, code was deterministic and self documenting. Why don't we show AI what we want by... just writing some of the code?
Cooler and less humid after last night’s storms. The sun finds my face through an opening in the canopy of an oak, and I’m repeatedly dive-bombed by a butterfly—Polygonia interrogationis, I think. A question mark.
Album of the Week, July 4, 2026 Though Kate Bush wasn’t touring (she legendarily eschewed live performances aside from the occasional TV appearance from the conclusion of her 1979 “Tour of Life” for the next 35 years), she was keeping busy following the one-two hit of Hounds of Love and her appearance on Peter Gabriel’s So. She released her first greatest hits collection, The Whole Story, in 1986, featuring a re-recorded version of “Wuthering Heights” and a new single, “Experiment IV.” Though…
A great TDC today: We’ve all heard of Lynn Truss’s Eats, Shoots and Leaves and are probably familiar with the pictorial representations that accompany it. As Lynn says, commas (and other punctuation marks) do make a difference. Choose your favourite grammatical faux pax and create a visual representation of it. I decided to take the unpunctuated “Let’s Eat Grandma” and doodle a shocked old lady. Here she is. Grandma, shocked that her grandchildren can’t use punctuation. Grandma flickr photo by…
This blog is written in en-GBby Terence EdenTerrence talks about some of the wonderful idiosyncrasies of the British language and that, no, he won't be making his writing more global.Read post ➡ I really enjoyed this post and like that Terrance could have said "year sure, I'll try and be more inclusive for you non-Brits", but he didn't. Instead he said: Here's the thing. No. [...] There's a reason for that. It is more than the language I speak; it is the culture I live in, the way that I think,…
2026-07-04Hello!The Fourth of July means a lot to my country, but until I photograph some fireworks at night (or some classic American barbecue?), I can't really say much without breaking the photography blog format.I'm completing my trilogy of black-dot abstract photography. These photos were easy to set up, but the fun came from using various props and putting them in interesting spots. For this photograph, I scattered those props around and added six letter tiles spelling "random".I pulled…
Robert Redford as David Chappellet in Downhill Racer (1969) Vitals Robert Redford as Dave Chappellet, U.S. Olympic ski team star Idaho Springs, Colorado, Summer 1967 Film: Downhill Racer Release Date: November 6, 1969 Director: Michael Ritchie Costume Designer: Edith Head (uncredited!) Wardrobe Credit: Cynthia May Background To coincide with the United States celebrating its 250th anniversary today, let’s launch this summer’s Car Week with an all-American star driving an all-American car while…
Alec Ewald The best way to celebrate this Fourth of July is to open your draft syllabus and put Frederick Douglass in it. Particularly if it’s a draft con law syllabus, but Douglass goes with anything. (I’m a political scientist, and wouldn’t presume to tell actual law professors what to do – but actually, I kind of would. I think this will be valuable in your classrooms too, and at least one purpose-built casebook features Douglass.) Plan to read, with your students, two things: his 1852…
Two years ago I bought a pair of Gizmo watches for my kids ( review). There's a companion app for texting and configuration ("Gizmohub"), and Verizon is moving everyone over to a new one ("Verizon Family"). But the new app doesn't work for watch-only accounts like ours yet, and they're still saying they're going to turn off the old app on July 6th. Without the app we won't be able to text back and forth, see where they are, or add new contacts (the watch blocks calls except to/from contacts). I…
It was 250 years ago on this date that the Declaration of Independence was signed, marking the founding of the United States of America. I know that many people aren't particularly in the mood to celebrate today. Much of the country is suffering from extreme heat. The economy is not particularly good. There is widespread political division. And a certain individual who shall not be named has insisted about making the 250th anniversary of the United States of America all about himself. And I do…
Truman is getting a little more affectionate in his older age (he’s turning 10 at the end of this year). He has started spending much of his mornings at my feet, whether I’m working during the work day or if I’m doing something on the computer on my off days. If I’m doing things around the house, he tends to station himself within eyesight, usually on top of a coffee table or stool. I perceive his stretched out ways to be a sign of contentment. I tried out one of the halo “film” settings on the…
My Independence Days tend to be muted affairs, holidays from the rush and crush of everyday life. Possessing what some might call an exhaustive1 knowledge of American history I tend not to dwell on it on any particular day, but spread my thinking more evenly across every day of the year. Independence Day, therefore, becomes a holiday from work, an evening of fireworks. Two of my favorite2 presidents are John and John Quincy Adams, and each Independence Day, I think of what John Adams (senior)…
I’ve been listening to this album when lifting weights at the gym recently. The Justice bass pushes me so hard I find myself dancing on the bench. This is the first album of hers that I’ve listened to, but I didn’t expect to see that it’s actually her fourth. It plays to me like a first album: lots of reference sounds (the Justice electro, the Charli XCX lyrics), mixture of genres and tempos. Maybe that just her brand and it’s established and I’m just the one learning it. I’m excited to see her…
For those new to CabbieBlog or readers who are slightly forgetful, on Saturdays I’m republishing posts, many going back over a decade. Some will still be very relevant while others have become dated over time. Just think of this post as your weekend paper supplement. Hippy Homes (10.05.13) It was a beautiful summer’s evening and after nearly five years hard graft to pass The Knowledge a task which at times had taken over my life I was now ‘King of the Road’. Having criss-crossed London a…
I have finally sorted my pictures of my second day, and I have managed to let it dwindle down to ten :) It was a great day of exploring and adventures! Walking towards the Middelburg Abbey, the tower of st John in the background Looking up the tower in the first picture, gorgeous sky above I had to wait a bit before the museum opened. This is inside the abbey, a gorgeous courtyard with old trees and a statue. One of the Abbey buildings Inside hte museum, beautiful tapestries depicting sea…
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There had to be another chapter, I think.And, so, I decided to pick this up from here and make do with some poetryand make do what I have instead of thinking about the things that I don’t have, or that I’ve lost. I never wanted to leave, per se, but I left just the samebecause this is how the cards came outAnd so, I folded my hand.and lost my betwhich is one of my pet peeves. Losingwithout playing . . . I never wanted anything to change but now that everything has changed, I suppose I want the…
