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two things

1. On the Boston red line, a homeless man tried to give his bible to the woman sitting across from him. It’s one of those things—you try not to pay attention to the people who are sort of yelling across the subway car in a confrontational manner, but when I did look over, she [...]

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So there is apparently this ethnically Korean autonomous region in China.  Though they call Tibet an autonomous region too.  I wonder what that really means and what the reason was for establishing it.  Although apparently they might shut it down as the proportion of ethnic Koreans decreases.
While many South Koreans dream of reclaiming the territory [...]

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I live for the editing process.  Creation is simply painful but I can spend hours changing tenses.

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Used books can come with treasures.  Am reading Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek and An American Childhood concurrently as they are bound in a one volume set with The Writing Life.  Found a receipt tucked into one of the pages –a perfect little history.  At the Bluefield Kmart someone whose identity is forever lost, [...]

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Because I love House MD

I was thrilled to discover that House was once in a British comedy show called “A Bit of Fry and Laurie.”  Heh.

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