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Man With Sign, July 25, 02025

Friday finds me dawdling a little bit over my coffee before getting out of the house and arriving at Roosevelt Circle at 7:31. Craige is still out for health reasons, so I set up my big sign, pull out and connect my speaker, and hold up the ever-popular WE MUST BE BETTER ANCESTORS as the message du jour.

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Man With Sign, July 24, 02025

I wake with the alarm, jolted out of a fascinating dream in which I'm both a university professor and a master thief orchestrating a string of complex capers whose details seem to be lifted from Donald E. Westlake's Dortmunder novels. In my dream I manage to have both a false and a real beard at the same time, but I wake up before I can figure out what's happening.

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Man With Sign, July 23, 02025

Today starts off pleasantly; I wake a little before the alarm, share a few soft words with my wife, and take my pre-vigil coffee (it turns out I'd bought a replacement carafe years ago for this very eventuality) before heading out to the roadside, arriving at 7:30, a soloist. Today I hold up SCIENTIFIC IGNORANCE IS A BAD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC POLICY.

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Man With Sign, July 22, 02025

My morning begins with me rolling out of bed, heading downstairs, and almost immediately breaking the coffee pot as I take it out of the dishwasher. Sweeping, mopping, cleaning up the glass, finally making a cuppa and getting a few minutes before heading out to the roadside, arriving at 7:30 for an hour as a soloist.

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Man With Sign, July 21, 02025

Monday finds me waking a few minutes before the alarm, lingering over my pre-vigil coffee and toast, and heading out to Roosevelt Circle in time to arrive at 7:30. As usual every Monday, I'm featuring ALL-BLACK signage until sanity is returned. Craige arrives a few minutes later as I'm getting warmed up and we chat briefly before settling into the hour.

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Man With Sign, July 18, 02025

The week careens into Friday, and I wake well before the alarm, giving myself almost an entire hour of pre-vigil coffee and quiet. Eventually I head out, arriving at Roosevelt Circle at 7:30 and greeting Craige, who's been out all week. I'm holding up WE MUST BE BETTER ANCESTORS as my message du jour.

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Man With Sign, July 17, 02025

Thursday morning is hot and muggy. I reach Roosevelt Circle at 7:30 — a soloist again today — and set up my big sign as well as my speaker, then rest my butt on the guardrail and hold up EVERY DISASTER MOVIE STARTS WITH A SCIENTIST BEING IGNORED. The sky is grey, the air tight and oppressive.

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Man With Sign, July 16, 02025

Today I rise with the alarm, have my pre-vigil coffee, and head out...not my front door, but my basement door, and from there to my neighbor's steps. Our front steps were painted yesterday and we are enjoined from walking on them until the afternoon. I pull the basement door shut behind me and immediately realize I've locked myself out of the house.

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Man With Sign, July 15, 02025

Today's another fine morning as I walk up to Roosevelt Circle at 7:30 and set myself up in the usual spot. Craige's not here today, so I'm a soloist. I clamp CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL to the guardrail post and hold up my white-on-black LET'S BUILD A BETTER FUTURE TOGETHER for the benefit of the morning commute.

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Man With Sign, July 14, 02025

I wake with the alarm and climb out of bed feeling rather bleary and tired. Pre-vigil coffee and toast gets me started, and I head out to Roosevelt Circle, arriving at 7:29 to greet Craige, who's already holding up a sign that says "We're not going back." I set up my ALL-BLACK signage and settle in for vigil; the skies are clear and the sun shines.

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Man With Sign, July 11, 02025

It is mercifully not raining (though still grey and cloudy) as I walk up to Roosevelt Circle, arriving at 7:30 and clamping my big sign to the post. Today I have a foam-core sign again (b/c it's not raining, right?) and it's WE MUST BE BETTER ANCESTORS. Craige arrives a few minutes later as I'm wrestling with vocal warmups.

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Man With Sign, July 10, 02025

It's raining again this morning, and I'm not feeling particularly enthusiastic about hitting the road as I drink pre-vigil coffee and contemplate the day. Finally hitting the road, I arrive at Roosevelt Circle and set up CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL, keeping my speaker in my shoulder bag. No Craige today; he has enough sense to stay out of the rain.

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Man With Sign, July 9, 02025

I come down to my pre-vigil coffee this morning and it's seriously raining. Which is fine; it just means that I leave behind my hand-held signs and carry an umbrella. I reach Roosevelt Circle at 7:30, and wind up literally three feet behind Craige, who'd wisely stayed home the past two days. I set up my CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL sign and hunker down under my umbrella.

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Man With Sign, July 8, 02025

I wake before the alarm, but in a vaguely sore and resentful mood. Drink coffee, eat toast, hit the road, arriving at Roosevelt Circle at 7:30 and setting up my various accoutrements. Today's hand-held sign is EVERY DISASTER MOVIE STARTS WITH A SCIENTIST BEING IGNORED. Craige, no doubt sensibly, is staying home today.

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Man With Sign, July 7. 02025

Monday morning is warm and pleasant enough, and I can feel my remaining brain cells bumping against one another as I walk up to Roosevelt Circle, arriving at 7:30 to a solo hour, Craige staying at home today. I set up my ALL-BLACK signage, rest my bod and my butt on the guardrail, and settle in for the hour.

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Man With Sign, July 3, 02025

It's a beautiful morning, sunny, slightly breezy, not too hot. Perfect for the fleeting "it can't happen here" of climate denialism. I reach Roosevelt Circle at 7:29, settle in for the hour while holding up WE MUST BE BETTER ANCESTORS. Craige arrives a few minutes later and we chat briefly before he takes his spot.

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Man With Sign, July 2, 02025

I wake a few minutes before the alarm, head downstairs for pre-vigil coffee, and hit the road, arriving at Roosevelt Circle at 7:28. I set up my big sign and my speaker, then lean on the guardrail while holding up SCIENTIFIC IGNORANCE IS A BAD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC POLICY. Craige arrives a few minutes later, checks in, then leaves me to my practice.

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Man With Sign, July 1, 02025

Well, hell, here it is July and I'm still alive and kicking. My wife & daughter returned around 6:45 this morning from visiting family in CA, having taken the redeye and landed in Boston around 6. I greeted them both and continued my preparations, hitting the road, and arriving at Roosevelt Circle at 7:30 under cloudy skies.

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Man With Sign, June 30, 02025

Monday starts out with me waking an hour ahead of the alarm and trying hard to get back to sleep for a while before giving up. I drink my first cup of coffee and try to build consciousness, but even by the time I reach Roosevelt Circle at 7:30, a soloist, I'm both wakeful and groggy. I set up my ALL-BLACK signs and position myself on the guardrail.

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