The city proved equal to an unparalleled challenge says the Washington Post, about yesterday’s inauguration

as someone who survived the purple tunnel of doom - an inauguration ticket-holder who stood in line for hours inside the 395 tunnel along with thousands upon thousands of other ticket-holders, some of whom (but not me; too lazy) had been waiting since 6 in [...]

note the peanut butter in the lower left part of the photo.  what, are they trying to kill us in the congressional snack bar?  who is behind this spreadable travesty?

 as someone I (barely) know put it yesterday: they’re having YOU write about baseball?

well indeed!  baseball and free tickets and scalpers and libertarians in this week’s CityPaper.

this is a birdhouse in front of a church in East Greenwich, RI
sparrow services at 5am, robins at 9.
my new CityPaper story is out, too, and in it you will learn why you are lucky not to be online dating. not that I speak from experience.

and the author struggles to find a reason to go on with life

le sigh

an incomplete list of revolving restaurants around the world
one day, I would like to complete that list
are there any revolving restaurants that have good food, I wonder, or are they mainly good for the views, the novelty, the revolvingness, and the funny drinks?