Holding the Line

Oops. Man in front row down.

Must fortify -- perhaps with a New York red hot and fries.

(Blip taken at hotdog joint in the University Village this noon.)

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Just came in from dinner with one of our job talk candidates.

One of the perks of a job like this is that one gets to have brilliant conversations with brilliant writers. On an almost daily basis.

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And here is "Spun", my poem-response to today's The Morning Porch line, now up on Via Negativa.