Category Archives: memory

RIP the village voice

That one time I took a Sylvia Plachy picture. I read the Village Voice every week of the seven years I lived in New York. Every single week. If I was out of town, I bought it at the nearest … Continue reading →

Posted on 22 August 2017 by Diana ben-Aaron
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finland crash Q&A

Dale, who asks excellent questions, asked this today: I was just reading a blog entry that mentioned the Finnish financial crisis of 1991. The horrifying thing is that its effects on the job market were worse than the current US recession. … Continue reading →

Posted on 4 February 2013 by Diana ben-Aaron
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annals of consumerism 2012

My closest friend from college hosts an annual Christmas party that culminates in a present exchange game known as the Yankee Swap [1]. Players get cards and in order of the cards, choose a gift, unwrap it, and then possibly … Continue reading →

Posted on 25 December 2012 by Diana ben-Aaron
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time and news

I abused the backdate function of WordPress quite a lot on my old blog and I intend to continue. That is, the date on a post is not necessarily the day I pushed the “send” button, but more likely the … Continue reading →

Posted on 22 December 2012 by Diana ben-Aaron
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the third act begins

Leslie Harpold, one of the early Internet colonists I encountered on alt.society.generation-x and its spinoffs, died this past weekend of natural but sudden causes. Most of you kids probably don’t remember what life was like back in the early Clinton … Continue reading →

Posted on 14 December 2006 by Diana ben-Aaron
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I’ve slept in every office I’ve ever had. I don’t mean I lived there, I mean some night when I was just too tired to go home, I crawled under my desk and took a nap. But never in this … Continue reading →

Posted on 5 July 2000 by Diana ben-Aaron
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“A farewell is oriented not to the termination of the social occasion or sociable moment wherein it takes place but to the sharp decrease that is about to occur in the possibility of such comings-together occurring – at least for … Continue reading →

Posted on 29 June 2000 by Diana ben-Aaron
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Stages of house moving (assuming one has keys to both places for several days): 1. Denial. 2. Moving unobtrusive things. 3. Moving good things. 4. Confronting the junk that’s left. 5. More denial. 6. Oh crap, the old place doesn’t … Continue reading →

Posted on 5 June 2000 by Diana ben-Aaron
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I’m not making it up: Someone wrote a detective novel set on the mean streets of Koskela, “Helsinki’s Bronx” (Alueuutiset). Check out the description of Sjöman & Co. here. PS 2015: The Nordic mystery boom finally happened but Hannu Vuorio’s … Continue reading →

Posted on 26 May 2000 by Diana ben-Aaron
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Hmmm. I may need a link to Tranbase at Trantex for a while longer.

Posted on 15 May 2000 by Diana ben-Aaron
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