You Had Me At “Publish” and “Ping”

hopes and prospects

Monday, November 22, 2004: I was listening to Viladi’s Four Seasons, and Bowling for Soup’s 1985. It was 9 months since we invaded Iraq, but far from a time when the average citizen would become aware of the national fiscal evisceration heading our way. Having discovered that the pedophile preserving …

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Harbor People

I ran into her when she spoke at various colloquia my third year as an undergraduate. We didn’t become genuinely acquainted until some time later at a Blues bar in St. Mark’s Place — during the later part of my final undergraduate year. She would eventually, in a city 3 …

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Midweek Smile with Barry

Before I die I want to dance to Barry White’s My First, My Last, My Everything in a Unisex Bathroom.

Going Gentle On Their Minds

Sign Up For My fEED

Texas, a Sisyphean task. Did humans live at the same time as the dinosaurs? Three in ten Texas voters agree with that statement; 41 percent disagree, and 30 percent don’t know Between you and me, I’m pretty sure the Texans surveyed were confusing history with film. I have no excuse …

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Where Have All The Flowers Gone

Reads for Veterans Day. IN THESE DESERTS: WAR STORIES FROM AFGHANISTAN Veterans Day: Denouncing The Insanity Of Permanent War RETHINK Afghanistan Suicide Rates Soaring Among WWII Vets Premiering this evening on HBO,

Old Men Singing Cool Song

Am I young enough to believe in revolution Am I strong enough to get down on my knees and pray Am I high enough on the chain of evolution To respect myself, and my brother and my sister And perfect myself in my own peculiar way I get lazy, and …

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