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Posts from May, 2003

• 20
  May1

  Random conversation outside my apartment # 17
  *walking next door to get coffee, unkempt man approaches* “Hey man, you know what Wolfgang means?” Is this is a riddle? Do I ignore him? Do I have a sign on me that says “I need your special insights”? “Sir, I’m afraid I don’t.” But by all means, please tell me! “I’ve been across the [...]
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• 15
  May1

  The Other Blair
  By now, you’ve heard about the Jayson Blair story, so I won’t write a thorough summary of this extraordinary debacle at The New York Times. But here’s a brief overview: a young reporter for the The Times committed unparalled acts of plagiarism, fabrication, and deceit. The paper reports that it is “a low point in [...]
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• 13
  May0

  Code Warriors
  Andres Duany submitted The following piece to the Congress for the New Urbanism listserv: Within the last half-century, some 30 million buildings have degraded cities and destroyed landscapes. Must we tolerate this comprehensive disaster in exchange for the (perhaps) three thousand masterpieces that rampant architects have produced? This dismal win-loss ratio in architecture is as [...]
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• 12
  May0

  Spring Sun
  In March 1999, I resided at 222 Clay Avenue in Lexington. I lived with three buddies in a two story campus-ghetto style house. It was located across the street from campus/downtown’s living room– Woodland Park. I could get on my skateboard and hook up with everyone at the volleyball courts (now a cement skatepark) in [...]
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• 10
  May0

  Existentialism, Extinctionism, and The Matrix
  I hate reading something interesting and then a few hours or days later I see a link about to the story posted to Fark. Damn that Drew Curtis! Anyway, I didn’t rip Fark off on this one… According to the Christian Science Monitor, theologians, sci-fi fans, evangelical Christians, movie critics, and others have been debating [...]
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