I was cooking some beans the other day and I noticed a purple tinge on my stove, which was lily-white until I started cooking this pot o beans. I looked closer and noticed many spots, in different sizes, and different concentrations. Some translucent, some dark purple. Their thickness is directly related to […]

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Meeting people is not easy.
I think history is the primary reason why meeting new people is not easy. Personal histories. I’m so used to living in Houston and in the Bay Area, where everyone knows what I’m about, what I’ve done, who I’ve hung out with, what my various facial hair configurations have […]

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I had my first day of law school orientation today. Let me do a bullet point list of main highlights, so as to mimic the future I forsee as a law student, and a lawyer.

I heard the word ‘notwithstanding’ a lot. I forsee that word becoming a part of my daily lexicon within […]

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Here in the ridiculous city of quartz, immigration is always at the center of our modern histories. This is THE City of Immigrants. How do I know this? I once talked to someone who lived in a neighborhood that had Brazilians living side by side with Indians and Pakistanis. There’s no […]

Economics, Immigration, Politic | 5 Comments »

I just picked up the absolutely fantastic collaboration between DJ Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo (Goodie Mob) called Gnarls Barkley.  I am a bona fide southerner, having lived in Texas and Georgia for most of my life, and my ears have a special penchant for southern music.  I think it took this album to make me […]

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