Posted in Alcoholism, City Life, Downtown Madison, Drug Addiction, Family, Homeless, Homeless Shelter, Madison WI, Real Estate Development, WISCONSIN, gentrification on November 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Goodness gracious, another person responds with real dialogue about an issue! Wonderful!
Christopher Patton wrote in response to Gentrification Redux:
I don’t think urging people to use the police force as a proxy to handle ‘bad apples’ really solves the problem of homelessness or drug addiction. It is merely another attempt to push societal problems out [...]
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Posted in City Life, College Students, College Town Life, Crime, Downtown Madison, Freakfest, Halloween Party, Madison WI, Police, State Street, Surveillance Cameras, University of Wisconsin--Madison, WISCONSIN, Wisconsin State Journal on October 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Little Orphan Annie’s come to my house to stay.
To wash the cups and saucers up and brush the crumbs away.
To shoo the chickens from the porch
and dust the hearth and sweep,
and make the fire and bake the bread
to earn her board and keep.
While all us other children, when the supper things is done,
we sit around [...]
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Posted in City Life, College Students, College Town Life, Downtown Madison, Freakfest, Halloween Party, Life, Madison WI, Police, State Street, University of Wisconsin--Madison, WISCONSIN on October 28, 2007 | No Comments »
Igor and I met up with Kathleen when we went out for the last potty run of the day. I saved up both of our energies so we could make a long circuit of the periphery of State Street and scope out the scene. Kathleen said she could not get a taxi to [...]
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It’s been a hard day’s night, and I’d been working like a dog
It’s been a hard day’s night, I should be sleeping like a log
But when I get home to you I find the things that you do
Will make me feel alright
You know I feel alright
John Lennon & Paul McCartney performed by The Beatles
I took [...]
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Posted in "Igor the Mighty", City Life, Crime, Dogs, Downtown Madison, Madison WI, Pets, Police, The Isthmus, WISCONSIN on January 1, 1970 | No Comments »
I memorize every line
I kiss the name that you sign
And darlin, then I read again right from the start
Love letters straight from your heart
by Elvis Presley (words and music by Edward Heyman and Victor Young)
OK, here’s a question for all you dog owners out there. Do your dogs fake poop? I take Igor out for [...]
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