It was the most beautiful night tonight, in the park, on the soccer field, near to the live music but a bit too close to the ice cream truck, within perfect proximity of the taco stand, Taco Bite, northside of McCarren Park just west of Bedford Ave, near Monsignor's. $2 chicken tacos on a paper plate with a lemon wedge, crema fresca, and chile verde.

Thanks Paul for asking me to be a chapter in your Blogarithms column in Metro last Friday.

I had a Women-with-Guns collection for a long time. I still have it, but haven't added to it in about 8 years... I should do something with it. I started to ask myself "why guns?" as guns seem pretty bad, generally. But of course the gun is a metaphor. For a Cigarette. Which is a metaphor for...
+ "Girls with Guns" is a collector's collection that smokes my old collection to smithereens

I have been meaning to tell you for a few months: + Mike and Rion are blogging from Pariiiis ...Habitez-vous vicarously.