When the first plane hit I just came up to WTC#7 22nd floor. I could have chosen to go for coffee across WTC plaza, in which case the hit would have been over my head, and I could have been injured. Maybe another version of me was, because I recall stopping and making an (unusual) […]
Славяне
1987г, ВГУ, кафедра прикладной математики. Лекция по библиотечному делу, видимо близкому всякому математику и тем более программисту. Дремлю. Просыпаюсь от «ксероксы, разумеется, запрещены». Преодолев врождённую интровертность и приобретённое заикание спрашиваю «почему ‘разумеется’?» «Ну начнёте переснимать всякую индийскую философию или ещё хуже» отвечает профессор. Я раздуваюсь от нарастающей волны праведного возмущения и решаю бросить вызов системе. […]
A Day of Prayers
It was early in my American adventures, still forming the bond with the land. I was jobless and borderline homeless. It started when I reached out to a Jewish community center where a guy who managed a hardwood flooring company promised to help. He soon discovered I was of little use as a carpenter, so […]
Osho
Unpacking some books I had to stop and pay respect to this one – “Journey Towards The Heart” by Osho Rajneesh. “Do you have any RajnEhsh books?” I asked a street book vendor 30 years ago somewhere near Washington Square park. I probably didn’t know where I was exactly, but I knew Washington Square was […]
