EXHIBIT: The Ohio Patriot Act
Reason #426 Why Ohio Sucks
– December 23, 2005Posted in: Privacy
Books To Jump Up and Down Over
The Call by Yannick Murphy: The always interesting author of Here They Come and Signed, Mata Hari returns with a novel that whips up a worldview from a rather quirky set of limitations: namely, the call logs that a veterinarian maintains as his son is unexpectedly put into a coma and an unforgiving economy denies him work. What emerges is a surprisingly optimistic, often funny, and very moving account on how one family uses acceptance and forgiveness as a way to atone for hard knocks. (Bat Segundo interview with Murphy)
Birds of Paradise by Diana Abu-Jaber: Forget Franzen and Eugenides. If you're looking for a social novel that counts, Diana Abu-Jaber is the author you're looking for. Building from the free-form exploration of consciousness and identity in Crescent and the gripping procedural structure of Origin, Abu-Jaber's latest novel is her finest, equally fluent with gutterpunk culture and smarmy real estate men. It has been suggested by The Washington Post's Ron Charles that you will likely gain some pounds while reading this novel. This is certainly true. Abu-Jaber's description of food is so precise that it often made me want to do more cooking. But I very much admired the way in which Abu-Jaber presents all her characters as unwitting victims of rough capitalism, which permits them some dignity even as they perform terrible acts.
The Last of the Live Nude Girls by Sheila McClear: This memoir isn't so much about the decline of the Times Square peepshow, as it is about one young woman's efforts to pull herself up by by her bootstraps when presented with few economic options. Filled with self-introspective candor and a quiet dignity, McClear's story is one that might befall any of us in these volatile times. While McClear does get back on her feet, her book leads one contemplating the terrible fates of other young women now moving to New York and falling into deadlier vocations. (Bat Segundo interview with McClear)
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Empty Nester,
You are so right about Central Ohio(the Columbus area)..this place is absolutely horrible and if the economy weren’t so bad..I wouldn’t have come here in the first place. This are has hands down THE WORST drivers I have ever seen in ANY city. I’ve already witnessed multiple accidents (as they have occurred) with a lot of them way too close for comfort. The weather is VERY bizarre. One day it can be almost 60 degrees and the next it’s 30 degrees with howling winds and snow. This place and the people who live here are weird, schizo and uninteresting. The city has no culture whatsoever and it just looks like someone decided to build a city on top of farmland.
Ohio in general is just a joke. There are no decent jobs here…every city in this state is an armpit and most of the people who live here are poor or very close to being impoverished. The lack of sun causes serious mood problems such as depression and anxiety (I’m not joking). I honestly hope to be gone from here within the next two years. I am just living here because I need to work and pay off some debts. Once I am debt free, I am leaving this city and state. I can’t see myself tolerating this place for more than two more years.
I found this article about Ohio and the fucking weather. It’s interesting
Here is the link.
http://www.thelantern.com/campus/winter-blues-contribute-to-ohio-s-high-depression-levels-1.2759560?MMode=true#.Ty4u2rd5mc0
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