September 2002
Archived Entries from this Month
September 29th, 2002
By Mike Lee
I think I just created a super-breed of ants.
Last winter, a colony of ants appeared in my bathroom. They popped up overnight without warning. I just walked in there one day, and everywhere around me is a deluge of tiny black specks walking around.
(For your information, I keep my bathroom pretty darn clean, so no dirty bathroom jokes please.)
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September 22nd, 2002
By Mike Lee
"What do you think that means, exactly?"
I looked over to where here was pointing. A cute girl was perched on the round bench, elbows forward on the coffee table, talking to her friends. The smooth skin of her back was exposed, along with the top of a tiny purple thong.
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September 15th, 2002
By Mike Lee
"Today, our nation saw evil,
the very worst of human nature.
And we responded with the best of America—
with the daring of our rescue workers,
with the caring for strangers and neighbors
who came to give blood
and help in any way they could."
- G. W. Bush
"The purpose of architecture is to create
an atmosphere in which man can live, work, and enjoy."
- M. Yamasaki
"Don't Rebuild. Reimagine," says the New York Times Magazine of the site of the World Trade Center. And so a group of leading architects met to discuss what could be done.
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September 11th, 2002
By Mike Lee
The BOOM of the impact must have been deafening. Yim, my cousin's wife, ran out of the World Trade Center lobby and into the courtyard. The shock waves shook the entire building and debris fell to the earth.
She looked up and glass fell into her face. Several shards cut her cornea. She covered her face and ran from the building.
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September 8th, 2002
By Mike Lee
I was drawn to that shelf by some inexplicable force. Maybe it was the sex books.
This was at a friend's sister's house. We were going to have a dinner party. As they prepared the food, I found myself wandering over the books.
Oh my.
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