Daily Office:
Friday
¶ Matins: This may be the best dog video ever, probably because it captures, to perfection, the pleasure of being out alone with one’s pooch.
¶ Tierce: What’s this? A war-protest strike by Pacific dockworkers? Yesterday? You tell me why William Yardley’s story isn’t on the front page of the Times — instead of not one but two “stories” about the Obama-Wright rift.
¶ Compline: Although I was tolerably entertained by James Wolcott’s overview of the primary scene in the current Vanity Fair, I had to wonder if it merits all the commentary.
Oremus…
§ Matins. Do you not love the way Sam guns for the camera instead of the ball? I agree with JR, though (thanks for the tip, by the way!): dogs and concrete don’t mix. You can’t have moments like this in the city.
§ Tierce. According to Mr Yardley, we can look for a truckers’ strike in “the next several days.” Taking the long view, I’d like to see all long-haul trucking replaced by rail freight, but, for now, the teamsters, like New York’s cabdrivers, appear to be Cinderellas in the American economy.
§ Compline. Last time around (in 2004), I made it to the general election before collapsing in disappointment. These days, the narcissism that seems to be leading the Democratic Party to a finale that will look like the last scene of Hamlet has me averting my eyes.
ahah! I, too, was charmed by this dog and this video!
Re : May Day Strike : our West Coast desk had to close at 1PM local time, an hour early, because the protests.
Glad to see some people in the streets, and you’re right, why not on the front page of the Times, rather than dithering on about Obama (“the race that will never end”) or about new car sales. And especially because they bemoan the lack of protests in our numbed age.