"There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless." — Simone de Beauvoir Late and a little bleary-eyed this morning after the HUD housing neighbors decided to allow their autistic three-year-old to blow off a little steam in the hall outside our door between 3:30 and 5:30. It seems Dad, the guy who lit their apartment on fire after getting into it with Mom two weeks ago, needed his beauty rest, so Mom took Junior outside, where he went fully feral and started

'Now, at last I fall before The Fountain of Lamneth I thought I would be singing But I'm tired... out of breath Many journeys end here But, the secret's told the same Life is just a candle and a dream Must give it flame' -Rush, The Fountain of Lamneth (1975) Day Two of life after finals. Not great. Yesterday we decided to go to Coney Island to eat a hot dog at Nathan's, which has sat at the foot of the boardwalk there for over a century. We should have noticed that we were mo

Yesterday I hit "send" on my take home exam answer about an hour after finishing my last in-class exam, which ended with a flash of drama when Exam4 crashed on my computer as I was submitting an answer that took over three hours to write. All's well that ends well, I guess. So a day of rest and recreation today. Peg's taking me to Coney Island to partake of a Nathan's hot dog or three. She's obviously trying to be a good wife. Slane looks as worn out with the last couple week

"Their god is their belly" -Philippians 3:19 Behold the visage of a very bad cat. His yowling usually starts at 4:30, but last night he was feeling like an overacheiver and started at 3. Peg chased him into the extra bedroom and shut the door, and I could hear him in there continuing to serenade the building. A little before six I woke up and let him out of cat jail. He had pooped on the floor. He had pooped on the bed. He vomited in front of his litter box. Apparently he's n