I just took a few minutes to look at what I blogged a year ago in this space, and was struck by two things: first, there was some big stuff happening in February 2003: the Columbia disaster, the death of Mr. Rogers, a big snowstorm, and — I forgot about this — a pervading sense that some terrorist activity was about to take place in Washington.
Second, I seem to have gotten more and more cynical and depressed since last year.
Sad, really.
So, what’s new with you? I’m still living in a public thoroughfare, with people in and out all the time. At last count, there have been at least 70 parties in and out since Friday. As I write this, there is [more...]
My Powerbook is about to be wrapped carefully in plastic and dispatched in an Airborne Express box to the mothership. If I had a pet name for my laptop, like Betsy, I’d be saying “Oh, how I will miss Betsy [more...]
There was a story on NPR this morning about some studies of depression. Like many people, I hear about these studies and connect the dots, acting like a hypochondriac. Basically, they said that traumatic events in [more...]
