I Went to a Couple of Protests. Notes about That, the Shadow Side, and Staying True

One problem with living in San Francisco, there are too many wonderful people and too many things to do.  In view of the recent developments, it seems like now I need to make time for a protest every weekend or so.

Great.  So I went to a protest yesterday, and a week before that.  Here are a few notes and thoughts about what happened then and in between.

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In Between

A month ago, I resigned from the job that brought me out to the Bay Area.

It’s OK, I started a new one this week, closer to the City.

It was a right decision.  It was the time to leave.  It was past the time. Continue reading “In Between”

Grievance #3: Childermass and the Raven King

Last week, I started a series of posts (#1, #2) in which I comment on what I was sad to miss in the (quite decent overall) BBC TV series “Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell”, compared to the wonderful original book.

Like the second post in the series, today’s post is also a commentary on the feelings nearly impossible to project on the screen vs. paper, vs. living them.

Unlike the second post in the series, take this major spoiler alert if you haven’t read the book and there is even a remote possibility that you would.

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