various miracles

i was so touched today. it had been a long, hot day on the tube. it was intolerable as it always is during rush hour and the bodies were crammed in wall to wall with one of london's infamous "rerouting" or "temorary" delays. yet, i was touched as i looked over and saw a woman- slightly aristocratic, middle-class, well-dressed and fine-speckled- crouching over as she pored through carol shields' short stories. it made my day and reminded me of how carol could make the ordinary extraordinary

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russell smith adds intrigue to the previous post

interesting quotes: "The idea that gay men and straight men are fundamentally different and that their surfaces reflect that difference reveals, to my eye, a fear of homosexuality."

"They [the modern media] are entrenching the new idea that "orientation" is an innate difference"