Month: September 2005

Cross-posted at Bush and Katrina ’05 I have seen national disasters and tragedies.  I grew up in Dhaka, Bangladesh, home to some of the most devastating floods recorded in history.  And I lived in NYC during...

We need a comfort food thread … comfort for our tummies and our souls. Don’t we. It was cool yesterday so I bought free-range (always) eggs + a half-gallon of Silk vanilla soy + raisins. The teenage raccoons...

“Out of control” “Sinking into chaos” I just watched the CTV news. Holy shit. I thought CNN was showing some strong footage. You know all those ‘conspiracy nuts’ that said maybe the government...

So today a friend told me that my last diary was not productive. A fine rant he said, but utterly unproductive. I disagree (surprise, surprise, I know)… And here’s why… and yes, it’s a rant too…...

Katrina has filled our our collective consciousness for 5 days now. It just may be time to take a deep breath… nah, that was a gasp, try again. Now take a long slow deep breath… that’s better. Let’s check...