Memphasis > Fight Fair
January 26th, 2012
OKAY, PEOPLE, BREAK IT UP. Are you ready to rumble? If Terry Roland and the whole County Commission really do get into it, is it even possible they could get hit hard enough to knock some sense into the whole body? In this corner, self-service. In that one, public service. Over here, public civility. Over there, public spectacle. Progress against same-old, same-old.
Memphasis > Bend and Lift
January 19th, 2012
BUILDING NEW BOXES. “Listen here, college boy. Bend your knees when you pick that up, or you won’t make a week.”” That sound advice came from Charles, across a huge stack of corrugated boards that would soon hold refrigerators, on my first day at Mead Container. Way over on Manassas, north of Chelsea, way far away from my ...
Memphasis > For Bob
January 12th, 2012
FOUND, NOT LOST“There’s a hole up here,” she said, and then held up a mirror so I could see a perfectly round, barren wasteland about two inches wide in what used to be an uninterrupted forest of dark brown hair. But, then, it used be all dark brown, too. “What should I do about it?” I asked. “Stay away from people taller than you,” ...
Memphasis > Personal Hook
January 5th, 2012
CAUGHT FOR LIFE. At five o’clock on a Sunday morning in 1969 the phone in the frat house rang. When a phone rings at that time on that day in a frat house, it’s a wrong number, bad news, or somebody calling for bail money. This call was for me. “Dan?” said the voice. “This is Andy Holt.” Andy Holt. A voice equal parts molasses and ...
Memphasis > A New View
December 29th, 2011
NEW YEAR INDEED. As 2012 dawns, we’ll be able to see a number of things in a positive, new light – if only we’ll allow ourselves to look at it that way. A Downtown icon that almost became a parking lot is now writing a new song, and praise will be offered in brand-new ways for architect Francis Gassner’s seminal and long-neglected C&I Bank ...
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