One of the more unique features of The Indianapolis Star (unique for a Californian like me anyway) was the daily prayer in the newspaper. A tradition that went back decades, The Star had a one-sentence generic prayer on page 2 in each edition, written by a Presbyterian minister who was paid $20 a week.
The paper [...]
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January 30, 2009
Newspapers and a daily prayer
December 9, 2008
A positive development in the recession (except for me)
One of the things I was looking forward to when I came to New York this year was that I would stop paying for gas at $4 per gallon. Finally, I’d be freed from the $50 fill-ups, instead just burdened with one monthly fee for subways and buses.
Oops.
Sure enough, about as soon as I [...]
September 21, 2008
How to determine cost of living? The cost of pool
Living in New York, Indianapolis and San Jose over the past year, I’ve learned many factors can determine which locale is most expensive. Rent is perhaps the best example, but I have a new — and more fun — way to do it: the cost of playing pool.
In the Bay Area, my most-frequented pool hall, [...]
August 17, 2008
Goodbye Indianapolis, hello New York
One week into my New York journey, and I already feel like a veteran on the subway. Of course, when people ask me how to get to the bridge or where some street is, I haven’t a clue. Yet anyway. I’m still adjusting to the fact that this is my home for the next 10 [...]
