IN: Hermia , Daisy and I had taken Pickering home to DUMBO and were on our way to Hermia 's house , a straight shot down Hicks Street . Police tape barred our entrance at Clark and the cop asked me for I.D. when I told him I lived here . I offered him plastic bags and Milk Bones and he let me pass with the warning I should n't come out again .
Why did the police give them a warning ?

OUT: They needed people to stay out of the crime scene .

IN: Last Sunday , I decided to revisit my childhood since I was in the area ... My Kindergarten ! I ca n't believe it has been 17 - 18 years ... the only clear memory I have of this PAP Kindergarten is more to do with my sis who also went to the school . She keept puking the entire first week in school . The teachers got fed - up they asked my mum to come in and mop her puke .
Why is the narrator acting so nostalgic ?

OUT: They returned to their elementary school .

IN: The " stories " that are emerging in the 2008 election are examples of the poison of postmodernism and its erosion of the values attendant on the critical distinction between veracity and mendacity . Truth too often is buried by the narrative , while lies are carried by it and transmuted into conventional wisdom . Presidential candidates in their roles as communicators often elide facts and nuance in the interest of advancing their narrative . The same goes for promoters throughout the culture , tin plated philosophers , game theory economists , and marketeers advancing their causes or beliefs regardless of factual constraints .
What may be true about me ?

OUT:
I am well informed in social matters .