personally against him

"A bottle of Rioja, pilfered from work, dangled from a plastic bag at Bergmann's wrist; he held an umbrella with his other hand. The wind seemed to be personally against him as he slogged up Camden Road, the bottle banging against his thigh. He had heard it starting when he was getting out of the shower, rain clattering like someone throwing pebbles by the handful at the bathroom window."

~~ from False Economies by Gordon Haber

hard times

I read and watched, about Madrid and then Athens and then London. People all over the world are eating out of dumpsters; they need food. Donate if you can.

But I eat too much, and I know I could stand to lose a few or fifteen, and the Jewish New Year offered just such an opportunity.

For Yom Kippur, it was easy on Iran and Israel for me, but I cheated with liquids, milk in the coffee, orange juice, etc. before finally succumbing to a sandwich around 5 p.m. That's not fasting a full day, I know.

What's on your mind?