From the monthly archives:

January 2005

On Nine to Five

27 January 2005

I was sitting in traffic the other day. Sitting in traffic, by the way, is something I would prefer not to do. It’s a supreme waste of time, particularly on this island which is only twenty-one miles long. And a question bubbled up to the surface of my mind. It was [...]

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On the Stopping of Bucks

20 January 2005

It wasn’t me.
It’s not my fault.
Whatever it is, I didn’t do it.
We live in a country, or in an era, or in a culture, or in something, where personal responsibility is hard to come by. Very few of us have ever done anything wrong. No. We make mistakes; none of us is [...]

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On New Tings

13 January 2005

Bahamians, it’s said, love new tings.
To some degree, that’s true. Just let a new restaurant open up. You better hope they got valet parking, because without it you’ll never get near the place. You better eat before you go, because you won’t get a table until well into the digestive process, and your stomach will [...]

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