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bad boy gets caught, surrenders for a cigarette
Now, I know this isn't a funny story. It's a rather sad one in fact. A story that I fear
shall be yet another example of the media's singular ability to pander to fear rather than
look at a total situation. What's the situation, you ask? Well, a young man recently released from
Cheshire juvenile prison, with a string of charges still outstanding. He goes to his hometown
(where his folks are terrified, no doubt) and hides out after shooting 6 shots at a cop
from a 9 mm handgun. He remains in lockup for a day and a half and yet, mysteriously, when
being moved from the holding cell to court, he whips out a Glock handgun he'd had
in his shoe, fer Gawd's sake and tries to fire it off.Hysteric Historic District | I don't know what it is about some people. Tonight I got off the phone with a woman who ranted and raved that was going to cost her $25 [USA] to file an application with the town to be put on the public hearing agenda to talk about her new proposed driveway. (Oh and you can be certain she thinks that having the driveway put down is a given already). Now, in my book, spending 25 bucks is a pittance given that she'll pay some contractor at least 10 thousand dollars for the driveway itself. Makes me wonder if she isn't already on the phone with her friends warning about the black helicoptor facists on the historic district commission. Mind you, this is not the only person that pulls this kind of stunt, most folks have a clear sense of fairness ...but there's always a few who think they are above the social compact, and you can be certain that few will always get indignant instead of reasoning with other folks. 
1- Evening entertainments We went to see Erin Brockovich that new Julia Roberts vehicle last night. The one where she confronts Pacific Gas & Electric, greed and corporate venality. Both tense and hilarious. As for the players, Aaron Eckhart (Eckhardt plays Roberts' romance partner George, whom, as Erin, ignores to both his -and my- frustration). I'd be willing to let him babysit me anytime. 2- Other interesting new sites I've visited: Zacwolf's webpage, well designed, easy on the eyes, ...and he too maintains a running journal. Bottom Dog Press which has lengthy lists of films and books written about working class people throughout the 20th century. Burning Man Project That's right! The home page for that wonderfully bizarre 21st century collective ritual that happens every August in the burning usa southwestern desert.
nuke power plants in the USA. It has been "decommissioned" and is now in the process of being
dismantled. Much arguement and even street theatre demonstrations have been held about the
plant over time. Protesters claim they don't want spent fuel rods endangering the local
citizenry, but I've got it on good authority (someone from Bechtel, whose been contracted to
dismantle a facility that 40 years ago they were hired to build) that the nuke waste has been
traveling away from us on both truckbeds and barges to South Carolina.
efforts Chad notes "...the images you see are
as honest as I can record them. I use a 4x5 Wista field camera, with a150
G- Claron standard size lens. I used Kodak Color Vericolor II Type L film,
now called Kodak PRT. I do not use any filters, artificial lighting, of
unique tinting or printing technique to embellish these photographs.
Even the website photos shall but tease you. When he develops them the finished work is
large, for photographs. Check out his "biography" to see where his work is on exhibit.
"The effects of torture are treatable,
and competent therapy is essential for survivors of organized violence. Yet full healing --especially of
psychological damage-- can virtually never be achieved. ...prevention and stronger
activism on the part of professional medical associations and of ...other
health professionals must be demanded. ...Toward this end, the naming of human rights representatives by
health professionals is urged." Torsten Lucas, M.D.
United States. The "Four Doors" photo shows doors to rooms that were used as seclusion rooms.
A closer look reveals that the inside of the seclusion doors lack any inside key slots. They don't even
have door knobs. They are a direct legacy of the abuses perpetrated upon fragile, troubled souls.
They are also testaments to the all too common practice of involuntary (or forced) treatment. This is a practice that groups such as
Amnesty International recognizes as a form of torture.
Recovery is assumed to be non-existent, if it is considered at all.
April in Paris dinner | Bruce and I
went to Ed's for dinner last night, where we met two nice couples and feasted on
red wines, goat cheese flakey crust pizza and sinfully delicious chocolate cake. One
of the couples runs NetNoise a web design house.
The other couple lives in New Haven; she's active in the arts, he works on sound projects
for Metropolitan Opera in New York. We learned that we share a common attraction to
The Anchor Restaurant in New Haven, where we went last month with David and Dierdre (that's the pix to the right)After supper we took a walk up the hill to check out an old neighborhood cemetary. A childhood schoolmate of Bette Davis is buried there, so we were told. 
Wood is my obsession or so one might suspect. The pile in the picture still needs to be split and restacked down closer to the house; it's really next year's heating supply. What I have is mostly maple, some oak and an assortment of other hardwoods as I have been able to acquire. Anybody looking to spend an afternoon exercising is welcome to come help out. Now, I certainly like to do this but compared to some real woodsmen, I'm just a dilletante. ARCHIVES: may - sep '99 | nov - dec '99 | jan 2000 | feb 00 | mar 1-16 00 | mar 17-31 00 | apr 10-16 00 | apr 17-26 00 Catch you on the rebound! ~Will Brady |
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