“ Sir, I agree to this Constitution with all its faults, if they are such; because I think a general Government necessary for us, and there is no form of Government but what may be a blessing to the people if well administered, and believe farther that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in Despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic Government, being incapable of any other.
Ben Franklin. Man. The speech he gave (or had given on his behalf) at the Constitutional convention is truly interesting. You can read it here: http://www.usconstitution.net/franklin.html. He was exceptionally wise, and so jaded… Don’t be taken in: Most of the “Founding Fathers” were just that. Pragmatists, for the most part, when it all boils down. I’ve really been enjoying Gore Vidal’s [I]Inventing a Nation[/i]. So. You know. Forgive me that.
Rumbles from a southbound train.
Can we talk about the fact that this song exists? The best (worst? No, best) lyrics: “We grindin’ wit passion, cuz it’s yo birthday/ Been at it for hours…I know you thirsty/ You kiss me so sweetly…taste just like Hershey’s”
Rock solid.
My three-year-old niece (Bailey) thinks that this video is the funniest thing in the world. While I was sitting at my mom’s computer, Bailey muscled her way into my chair and we proceeded to watch this thing 5 times, consecutively.
I’m on a cot in my brother’s Harlem apartment right now, thinking about the contents of the bag I lost 2 days ago.
Those contents include(d): 1 Laptop. 1 iPod. 1 Moleskine notebook filled with the sorts of drivel I’d never actually put on the web, but loved. 1 digital voice recorder. 1 passport. 1 checkbook. 1 pair of eyeglasses. 1 pair of sunglasses. 1 set of car keys. 5 magazines. 1 really nice packable rain shell. 1 copy of The Omnivore’s Dilemma. 1 tin of altoids. 1 container of cough drops. 3 pens, including my favorite one.
And I’m still breathing. I even feel wierdly liberated.
For the moment.
t-minus 4 days until we watch Scotty get married.
Fun.
These are funny. www.wbez20.org
The downside to a truly beautiful day is that it’s absolutely impossible to get anyone to feel any sense of urgency as they lazily lounge on and stroll along the stretches of downtown sidewalk you’re trying to navigate.
And you feel like a dick for needing to do stuff, rendering you unable to slow down, too.
A short-form, brainfart blog for the truly lazy writer inside of my body can only be properly kicked off with a picture of a crab cake over creamy grits.
I made those grits with real butter and cream and cheddar cheese. My heart can get over it.
