Monthly Archives: July 2009

Preaching the Gospel of NYC to Myself

Posted on July 31, 2009 by sestrick

Things are looking up–my boss agreed to start paying me!  Yay!  I am now a dentist in New York living just above the poverty line.  So I still can’t get a free cell phone.  But I can pay rent! Other … Continue reading →

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Soup, Cells, and Hot Air

Posted on July 28, 2009 by sestrick

Today was weird. Having been gone for a week, and considering that when I left for vacation New York was still undecided as to whether it was fall or spring, today was the first day it actually felt like summer … Continue reading →

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Sand in my Bag

Posted on July 27, 2009 by sestrick

It’s Monday, that most dreaded day of the week.  Worse, it’s the Monday after my week-long summer vacation.  I am spared from the back-to-work blues for another day, though, since  I don’t work on Mondays (good news:  time for trips … Continue reading →

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The Price of Accommodation (originally written October 4, 2006)

Posted on July 27, 2009 by sestrick

Accommodation, according to Webster: 1) something supplied for convenience or to satistfy a need; 2) a public conveyance (as a train) that stops at all or nearly all points; 3) the automatic adjustment of the eye for seeing at different … Continue reading →

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The Truth about People (originally written September 26, 2006)

Posted on July 27, 2009 by sestrick

Here’s the thing about living in a city of eight million people: you never get away from them. I can only speak for the South, since that’s the only other place I’ve lived (besides a brief stint in Boca Raton, … Continue reading →

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