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BooMan
Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
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Is it just me, or is Kasparov an exasperating person to follow?
Wonder if he plays the game much anymore.
Bet I know which one is smarter.
I hear that Deep Blue follows Sean Hannity & Carrot Top.
It’s Saturday night, and Gladys Knight pretends it’s all right for fighting:
I’m all over the place:
Thinking about Bukowski’s best novels, “Post Office” and “Women”. Here’s a piece from “Women” that slays me:
“Being with Katherine felt strange. Human relationships were strange. I mean, you were with one person a while, eating and sleeping and living with them, loving them, talking to them, going places together, and then it stopped. Then there was a short period when you weren’t with anybody, then another woman arrived, and you ate with her and fucked her, and it all seemed so normal, as if you had been waiting just for her and she had been waiting for you. I never felt right being alone; sometimes it felt good, but it never felt right.
“The first fight was a good one, lots of blood and courage. There was something to be learned about writing from watching boxing matches or going to the racetrack. The message wasn’t clear but it helped me. That was the important part: the message wasn’t clear. It was wordless, like a house burning, or an earthquake or a flood, or a woman getting out of a car, showing her legs. I didn’t know what writers needed; I didn’t care, I couldn’t read them anyway. I was locked into my own habits, my own prejudices. It wasn’t bad if the ignorance was all your own. I knew that some day I would write about Katherine and it would be hard. It was easy to write about whores, but to write about a good woman was much more difficult.”
Paging Bezos Its a shame the Washington Post s great psper for years.
Early voting starts tomorrow for Cook County. The primary is on the 18th. Nothing big this year in my township, but I want to demonstrate some turnout. Just a reminder to a few neighbors and friends can help a bit.