Until the moment I withdrew my sons from state education in the UK, I confused education with schooling. It’s a common mistake, and one which is easier to make if you have been through the state education machine yourself. The state spends considerable amounts of money – our money! – persuading us that the two […]
Pet Peeve Causes Party Attorney To Speed Up Darwinism
I may never leave my flat to shop at a grocery store ever again-start shopping online altogether. However, when I do shop at a public market like Krogers, HEB or Sainsburys, I focus on efficiency. Time is money in the real world, but in my bubble, time is time (time for internet browsing, video game […]
I Crashed Fashion Week
So I seem to have picked up a new hobby during my time here in London. Crashing parties. You’ve seen the work we did at the BAFTA’s, so I’m sure you are expecting grander performances. Well, we might have accomplished such a feat when fashion week made its way through London last month. Now, I’m […]
Krush Me with Your Bangin’ Rhythm
DJ KRUSH: LIVE @ BIOS, 3. 5 / 5 If someone had told me one month ago that I would have the chance to see DJ Krush play live, I would’nt have believed them. Krush. DJ Krush. I thought he would always stay in the sepia tones of Krush and Code 4109; a hologram and a […]
A Tangled Web of Jurisdiction and Partisan Politics
Dobbs Ferry, New York 10522. February 27, 2007. When the Dobbs Ferry Party (“DFP”) learned on Friday afternoon that the referendum to move the election date had been nullified, they should not have been surprised. The ruling by Westchester County Commissioner LaFayette that an impetuous Village Clerk had grossly overstepped her jurisdiction by filing and […]
Heard By a Bird
"Instead of prayer, atheists have Scrabble." – Jonas Salk Did you see the cloud resembling a sideways walrus over Pine Hill last Thursday? Ask Sparrow "Ask Sparrow" is an increasingly regular feature of this column, in which the bewildered write in seeking answers. Dear Sparrow, My dear friend Nicol got married in style this past […]