Day: January 11, 2010

Not a Panacea

Today dawned cold but sunny: a great improvement over yesterday. Sarah and I had breakfast on the rooftop, where we watched workmen building a brick wall for a second-story room on a neighboring house. As I was commenting on the dubious wisdom of building with brick in an earthquake zone, I was drowned out by a deafening crash. The entire wall had collapsed spontaneously, shattering on the tile roof below. Luckily, no one was underneath, […]

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