Posts from April, 2006

  • 25
    Apr    1

    Jane Jacobs, RIP
    Jane Jacobs, author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, and critic of America’s urban renewal effort that began in the 1950′s, as well as urban planning movements that followed–such as New Urbanism, died today. From the Planetizen tribute: Legendary urbanist, thinker, writer, and activist Jane Jacobs died today, Tuesday, April 25, 2006. [...]
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  • 20
    Apr    0

    My Party
    Are you feeling politically homeless too? Join the party. But there’s reason to have hope. Kurt Anderson argues that a sensible, viable third way is within reach: “Centrist�? is a bit of a misnomer for the paradigm we envision, since that suggests an uninspired, uninspiring, have-it-both-ways, always-split-the-difference approach born entirely of political calculation. And that’s [...]
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  • 12
    Apr    7

    In the House
    In recent oh-shit-we-really-are-adults news, Sarah and I put a bid on a townhouse and the seller said, gulp, “OK.” Loan on Thursday. Inspection on Friday. Meet with lawyer next week. Close on May 10. Boom. Done. What? We’re in Governor’s Village, aka, The Poor Man’s Southern Village. The three-year-old neighborhood is about five miles from [...]
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  • 4
    Apr    0

    Quote of the Day
    When you’re inside the stone wall that surrounds East Campus, you think, ‘Wow, I’m so privileged to be at Duke’… You take that with you for the rest of your life. You’ll always know you’re a member of this club, a part of something exclusive. Christopher Johnson, Duke Class of ’01
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  • 2
    Apr    0

    Ink Stink
    I had just turned 18. Old enough to go to war, old enough to vote, and should be old enough to drink, I told myself. Next best thing: a tattoo. I even had one in mind. This would be no Yin-Yang, or trendy Celtic knot. Chinese character, bitches. I was copying a barista at my [...]
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