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Three five zero zero2/26/2023 I do remember the dogs and the firehoses on the news though.Ī profound skepticism about what was really going on with America met an all-too brief confidence in the possibility of deep change. Vietcong losses leveling up three five zero zero per monthĪnd it made me think about the cultural ferment in 1966, 1968 when I was more or less entirely too young to make much sense out of it, beyond knowing something very important was happening, and it was happening nearly entirely without me. Why is it called that? I did some research (how long would this have taken in 1993?) and found out it’s from an Allen Ginsburg poem called “Wichita Vortex Sutra” ( ) It’s from a song in the musical Hair and it’s amazing ( /Watch?v=FAdq3Z-9bsg). Maybe, I thought, I’ll call it Two Five Zero (so much cooler than 250.) Then I kept hearing the phrase Three Five Zero, but couldn’t place it. Publish six days out of seven, three times a week, or “An Occasional Series.” I published many (very long) country profiles for my “195 Countries Plus Everyone Else in 514 Days” Project (find them here: ) on a pretty regular schedule. I’ve written a lot of words and I’m writing more every day. Starting today I’m going to frequently publish 250 words.
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