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Original: six MILLION words; re-revising; forthcoming!

Original: six MILLION words; re-revising; wait!

When I considered why, I didn't immediately remember the statistic, which is odd, since I was the one, in many a group of guys, who would casually ask, "Would you do it?" It was strictly hypothetical discussion. Would you do it if that unremovable condition were somehow removed? That was the silly question. And when they all implied, with quiet smiles and headshakes, that they were not part of the ninety-five percent who reportedly said they would in fact do it, of course I didn't believe th...

+Around the Block+ Some white guy named Steve would be leading the community cleanup this morning. I walked there with the usual subtle alertness and quiet hope which I carried for this broken old neighborhood. It was three blocks deep and ten blocks long. It was on the city's south side, thus commutable down to the capital, so it was getting a push from builders. They were hoping to attract new buyers to these trash-covered blocks. ----- There was no getting around it: the trash came from tr...