Stacy Horn

I posted about the tiles across the street from St. Vincent’s, so I made a little movie of them on my way to the gym this morning.  The name on the tile I walked up to at the end is David Reed Gamboa Brandhorst, who was only three years old. He died along with his fathers Daniel R. Brandhorst and Ronald Gamboa, who were all on United Airlines Flight 175.

The quality really does go down by the time it gets to YouTube.  I compress it, then they compress it further.  Oh well. At one point you can hear the subway go by underneath my feet.

I liked the outside of this place, except there were some people standing out front so I didn’t get the pictures I would have liked.  I would have preferred to move in closer.  Anyway, I stopped in to say it’s WAY too hot out there.  Stacy to the weather:  quit it.

Good God, will I be glad when 2008 is over.  I am sick of politics, heartsick about the endless us vs them battle and the unremitting hate.  Enough.   

I want a little grace.  Is that too much to ask?? I want to see intelligence, hope, tolerance, unity, not just in America but with the rest of the world, and advancement in knowledge in all fields and understanding about ourselves and others, and progress in protecting the environment.  I’m going to die, there’s nothing I can do about it.  I’d like to die seeing that the people who come after me have just as much a chance to live their short time on earth as pleasantly as I got to live mine, if not more so.  I want to see progress made towards improving the lives of those who aren’t getting to live their lives as pleasantly.  And again, I am not talking just about Americans.  Or even humans.  I’m talking about all life.  Okay, maybe not certain viruses.

Here Finney and I close our eyes and dream of better days.  We are wimps.  We admit it.

Bones is back tonight!!  Bones is back!!  This is my favorite show.  Oh, and don’t get me started about Zack. Wait, I have to find what I originally said.  Okay, I got myself started. Here’s what I said at the end of last season:

“I read an interview with the creator saying something along the lines of “as long as it gets people talking.” I hate when people justify bad moves with this kind of logic. You could have Seeley plunge a knife into the heart of Bones, killing her instantly, and that would have people talking, but does it make narrative, emotional sense? I loved the whole Gormogon thread, and to wrap it up so hastily and badly and with Zack as the apprentice? Zack?? Come on. Please. That was out of nowhere and is simply not plausible, there is no history to explain Zack going along with this serial killer AND committing murder. It was just so stupid, from a show that has never been stupid. What happened to everyone over there? Seriously. What pushed you to this? I know you know better.”

I stand by everything I said.  I’m heartbroken still over the loss of Zack.  Even if they bring him back, we have lost the Zack we knew.  That said, I’m still in.  They made a mistake, A VERY BAD MISTAKE, but I’m still in.  Let’s see what they do now.

I ended up staying home the other day and missed this.  (The picture was posted by barrianne on Flickr.)

What can I say?  It was hot, I’m a slug, and I had a good book (Gateway by Frederik Pohl).

Lo-sah.

Speaking of books, Nothing to Be Frightened Of by Julian Barnes.  Review here.

Could there be a more perfect book for me?

No.  Unless it was illustrated with pictures of cute animals.