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Ohhhh My

420? Shhh … http://www.nbc5.com/news/2791394/detail.html?z=dp&dpswid=2265994&dppid=65192

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Ah, the snow is falling thick & beautiful. And here I was going to be all productive and go to the grocery store with Andy. Guess I’ll just sit at home and burn CDs all day …

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This Should Tell You Something About My Parents

For Christmas, I bought my parents “Spring Forward” on DVD. Here is a plot summary from http://www.imdb.com: “As the seasons change in a Connecticut town, two men of different age and backgrounds who work together outdoors for the local park … Continue reading →

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100 Spinning Plates Now Available In New York City

In addition to finding it directly at http://www.randomcha.net, you can now also find 100SP at these fine stores in NYC: Community Bookstore & Cafe of Park Slope 143 7TH Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11215-2202 Phone: (718) 783-3075 St. Marks Bookshop 31 … Continue reading →

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Too Late For This?

Here are the Nine Best Films Of 2003 (That Rob Saw, Because There Were Tons That He Didn’t See): The Son Spider A Decade Under the Influence 28 Days Later Swimming Pool Lost in Translation Master and Commander: The Far … Continue reading →

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Random NY

William Eggleston black & white photo exhibit in a gallery on 25th … Rosenquist at the Guggenheim … the paint is peeling off the outside of the Guggenheim & the place needs some restoration work … Big Cup is the … Continue reading →

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New York Phone Conversation

Yesterday afternoon, I call up Catherine, the owner of Community Bookstore in Park Slope, Brooklyn: “Hello.” “Hi. My name is Rob Christopher. I don’t know if you know who I am, but I sent you a copy of my book … Continue reading →

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I haven’t written in a few days. It’s not as if nothing has been going on. I’ve just been …

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This is an article about the health study I worked on from November of 2002 to April 2003: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0401080276jan08,1,2117565.story?coll=chi-newslocal-hed Some pretty sobering statistics in there. Mostly I worked in West Town, Humboldt Park and Norwood Park, going door to door … Continue reading →

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Was Orwell Naive?

This morning on NPR there was an interview with Richard Perle and David Frum, two former speechwriters of Bush and Reagan, who have written a lovely book called “The War on Evil: Strategies for Winning the War on Terrorism.” In … Continue reading →

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