13 Nov 98 
 
Remember that Summer a while back?  I still do. 
 
So the holiday mailing season (at least for catalogs and charities) has 
been on for a couple weeks now.  Now I'm starting to get the 
sollicitations with mailing labels and greeting cards inside.  I'm sorry, 
but I didn't ask for the stuff, and I don't intend to give your 
organization money because you sent that stuff to me.  I'm not sure I want 
to give to a charity that adds overhead by sending out these stupid 
things. 
 
Let's see.  I'm sure I had some all-fire important announcement (well, 
anybody near Courant tonight, please come to the grad student party.  I 
want to make sure there's some turnout).  Um, it seems girl scout cookies 
have come this year -- a Muslim troup (I'm guessing from their head 
scarves) was selling them in our student center.  I bought 4 boxes.  I 
might buy more today. 
 
=That's= a fund-raising venture I can stand behind. 
 
I'm getting irritated, our mail carrier has been bringing the mail =after= 
5pm.   
 
And I love how one can accumulate enough really cool stuff to 
furnish/decorate one's apartment (and bookshelves) just by roaming the 
streets of New York and seeing what people are throwing out.  The gods of 
serendipity rule this city.