Scout 1

this puppy is a god

kind and calm

only love

waits for our return

then happy riots

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Points of the Day

My arms reach across the city
the season of flying
the body travels

Water is a ghost, is everywhere
says the cloud always distant
or dying tragically

The puppy's sighs in the dark
like restless, sweaty prayers
hypnotized and alive

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The fitness bandwagon...

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When you're a star, the wars never end (something like that)

Three light sabers...

Attention: V A C A T I O N!

99 Problems... but

Big A is a great feminist partner. He understands my compulsion to make terms as neutral as possible, especially around the children.

One of my early conversations with him (with most people, probably--I'm annoying like that) is the use of terms like "wife" and "husband" and the gendered expectations they set up. How to be a good wife engenders very different responses (usually) from how to be a good husband.  I prefer the idea of being a good partner, a good spouse.

I think it says so much about Big A that he took the irritating (because somewhat infantilizing, dismissive) slogan "Happy wife; happy life" and fixed it. We say, "Happy spouse; happy house."

All this is to establish that Big A was not going to use the word "bitch" in front of the kids at dinner (or ever) when he started off riffing on the Ice-T/Jay-Z line. I wonder what he was going to say. Because this is what happened:

Big A: I got 99 problems, but...
Nu: (Interjecting) That's a lot!
Stares at her family as they collapse in laughter.
Fin.

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Bob Fletcher Dies at 101; Helped Japanese-Americans (NYT Obit)

How can I not assume that you lived a great life if you die when your numbers need to be counted in three digits and the word "helped" is used to describe you.

Love and gratitude, Mr. Fletcher.


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