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A West Indian Man

TF?s Valentine?s Day present came today. As I was riding up in the elevator, I noticed that above his name and address the envelope said ?A West Indian Man.?

TF is not, by the way, a West Indian man. Even if he were, I?m not sure why that would be on an address label. Our landlord, however, has an Indian name. I haven?t slept much recently,* I am not thinking? well, much at all. So now I?m wondering why the Post Office has started race profiling people and identifying ?addresses of interest.?

I get upstairs and as I?m opening the envelope, I?m imaging supercomputers and Homeland Security and why they would possibly care that a West Indian man lived at my address. Inside the package with TF?s present is a letter thanking us for our adoption of a West Indian Manatee.

And with that, I?m off to bed.

*Law Review Board elections were yesterday. We spent 19 hours straight in a small room that was painted a horrible bright light green hue. I got home at 3:30 a.m. I am glad to be done.

Full post as published by Cella Bellum on February 11, 2008 (boomark / email).