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Chew Your Grouse: Not so, novel

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Somewhere between Walter Kaufman, Andy Kaufman, and Henry Kaufman. Saturday, April 11, 2015. Not so, novel. Last weekend I was delighted to find a copy of Vikram Seth's A Suitable Boy. But I'm having a hard time getting going. It is a big book, on a big canvas: 1400-odd pages about India and a bunch of families and politics and lord knows what else. It's been so long, I forget. I was about to expound at length on my resistance to fiction, and then I thought: have I blogged about this before? Not so, novel.

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Chew Your Grouse: Un Buen Carnicero

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Somewhere between Walter Kaufman, Andy Kaufman, and Henry Kaufman. Thursday, May 21, 2015. Saw this documentary about Tolo, a butcher at Cliff's Meat Market, at the Southern Documentary Fund event in Durham last Sunday. It's a good video, worth the 15 minutes or so it takes to watch it. Or at least half of it. Posted by Cleric Mikhailovich de Troi. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Josh Stein for NC AG. Urban Ministries of Durham. A Serious side of the Grouse - @ SeekingAlpha. View my complete profile.

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Chew Your Grouse: Baltimore and the banality of evil

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Somewhere between Walter Kaufman, Andy Kaufman, and Henry Kaufman. Sunday, May 10, 2015. Baltimore and the banality of evil. These cops worked within a dysfunctional police department in a city with a challenged political culture. Normal. There was institutional racism. Normal. I was reminded first of Marx's old phrase from Das Capital: "Sie wissen das nicht, aber sie tun es",. But what about me, sitting here comfortably in my leafy abode? Where do I fit into this? I think a lot about soccer. I love ...

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Chew Your Grouse: On teaching chess to Graham

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Somewhere between Walter Kaufman, Andy Kaufman, and Henry Kaufman. Sunday, March 29, 2015. On teaching chess to Graham. And I felt actual shame and fear: oh my God, I thought, my queen, how could I do this. So I resorted to subterfuge, I moved some things around on other places of the board and distracted Graham so he didn't realize the opportunity that he had. And I got out of it. Again, in retrospect, I could have shown him how much power and opportunity he had, but the drive to win was too strong.

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Chew Your Grouse: In progress

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Somewhere between Walter Kaufman, Andy Kaufman, and Henry Kaufman. Sunday, May 03, 2015. Graham appears to have lost the key to the Prius, and he swears it's somewhere in the mud room. So I have been going through the mud room looking for it. Excavating the mud room looking for the Prius key is kind of driving home the point that I am deluding myself. Things I have found that are on my plate include:. An old headset that went with some cell phone. It sucks. I did just throw it away. A bookmark from a use...

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Chew Your Grouse: Good meeting

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Somewhere between Walter Kaufman, Andy Kaufman, and Henry Kaufman. Thursday, May 07, 2015. This is why I go to meetings. This was true, deep, and earnest gratitude, of the sort one so rarely hears outside of "the rooms." There's nothing like it. Posted by Cleric Mikhailovich de Troi. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Josh Stein for NC AG. Urban Ministries of Durham. A Serious side of the Grouse - @ SeekingAlpha. Retirement Planning; Bridging the Emotional Divides. Codeartisan from our boy JMo.

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Chew Your Grouse: Living local

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Somewhere between Walter Kaufman, Andy Kaufman, and Henry Kaufman. Friday, April 17, 2015. So I met yesterday with the guy who arrested me for my second DWI, 24 years ago. Great guy. 28 years on our home town police force, has grown through a number of roles on the force, and has done a lot of interesting other things and has been well-integrated in the community. Wise fellow, great aura. Posted by Cleric Mikhailovich de Troi. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Josh Stein for NC AG. Not so, novel.

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Chew Your Grouse: Father figures

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Somewhere between Walter Kaufman, Andy Kaufman, and Henry Kaufman. Saturday, April 04, 2015. Some months ago, my Al Anon/AA sponsor fired me and, he said, all of his sponsees, needing to focus on himself. Which is cool, I get that. And today, one day after her 77th birthday, I should well and truly give thanks for having an awesome mom. She has her quirks, and she herself grew from a problematic relationship with her own parents, but she is always there for me. Posted by Cleric Mikhailovich de Troi.

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Chew Your Grouse: Cambria Suites, Morrisville, 6:43 pm

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Somewhere between Walter Kaufman, Andy Kaufman, and Henry Kaufman. Wednesday, May 20, 2015. Cambria Suites, Morrisville, 6:43 pm. But I nonetheless bellied up to the buffet and got myself some chicken breast, really delicious and cheesy noodles - like mac and cheese from a box on steroids - plus salad and a pecan chocolate tarte thingie. Not bad all told. Is there a special package for small businesses? Is there a special package for non-profits" "No, use the small business package". No but seriously, wh...