Two more essays. These describe New York in the wake of the tragedy in the eyes of Jeffrey Zeldman, one of my favorite web designers and a Gotham city dweller. These, like all his personal writings, are beautiful in their economy and refreshingly honest: Day Four, and 911

Weekend media: The Usual Suspects (2nd time), Memento [here or here] (amazing), and Snow Falling on Cedars(also very good and very timely considering the current state of racial paranoia). Not much else to report. My teeth are still packed with stuff that resembles silly putty. It’s not pleasant.

PBS.org page on Osama bin Laden.

I had gum surgery today to correct (I hope) the peridontitis that’s been haunting me for years. They split open my gums, cleaned away tarter below the gum line, and graphed synthetic bone-like material. The idea is to make up for bone loss due to the condition and firm up my teeth which, untreated, would [...]

Of course, I’m as upset about the bombing of the World Trade Center as is anyone else. Speculations fly, gas prices have gone through the roof, news coverage is incessant. I tracked it for a while, then tried to put it out of my mind. I’ve spent the last hour on metafilter which is where [...]