A blog about New York City, my books, and my cats. Mostly.
Finney and I have this ritual. When he wants to come up on my lap he comes over and stares at me. I spend a few minutes going, “Come on up Finney.” “I’d love to have a kitty on my lap.” “Come on up, little dude.” “You wanna come up? Come on up.” He can’t just jump right up. He must be coaxed. Like this isn’t what he wants right from the start.
My previous two posts are me pretending I’m doing anything but thinking about my book! I’ve got a reading tonight in Connecticut, and Wednesday I’m going back down to Durham for a presentation at Duke and another at the Rhine Research Center.
Here’s my book on the New Non-Fiction table at Barnes & Noble!
At first I thought there must have been more to it, like this is half a building, but then I saw that this roof line extends over three distinct buildings, and one is like a floor shorter. Did all three owners get together and say, “Let’s do something crazy with our roof lines?”
Someone posted this part of one of Obama’s weekly addresses on Echo:
“Because it represents real and dramatic change, it also represents a threat to the status quo in Washington. I know that the insurance industry won’t like the idea that they’ll have to bid competitively to continue offering Medicare coverage, but that’s how we’ll help preserve and protect Medicare and lower health care costs for American families. I know that banks and big student lenders won’t like the idea that we’re ending their huge taxpayer subsidies, but that’s how we’ll save taxpayers nearly $50 billion and make college more affordable. I know that oil and gas companies won’t like us ending nearly $30 billion in tax breaks, but that’s how we’ll help fund a renewable energy economy that will create new jobs and new industries. In other words, I know these steps won’t sit well with the special interests and lobbyists who are invested in the old way of doing business, and I know they’re gearing up for a fight as we speak. My message to them is this:
So am I.”
The picture is the lastest addition to my series: A Dress I Can’t Possess.
Which I believe I’ve mentioned. It just feels intrusive. People try to go on, acting normal, pretending like you’re not taking pictures, but they know you are. You know you are.
I took this last night at the birthday party my brother Douglas threw for his most wonderful wife Robin. Somehow it turned out black and white when I tried to correct the red eye.
At a certain point/almost immediately, I turned my camera-attention to the glasses on the table.
