It’s 2011 And The Search For Intelligent Life In The Universe Continues

Played the game called New Years Eve. It went smoothly until someone mentioned Gore Vidal, Afghanistan, and complained about Naomi Wolf’s stance on the rape charges against Assange. Suddenly the pretension started to ooze through the light beer and vodka martini’s. Usually I’d prefer Gore Vidal to the real housewives …

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Grant Us Peace: Poetry, Music, Wine, And The New Year

No “best of” list here. No looking back. The intelligent among us (you dear reader, myself included), look back often enough throughout the year to preclude the need for a special end of the year analysis. We reflect endlessly, and not in selfish isolation. Whether it be at lunches, dinners …

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Come Cry With – Me Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all my readers. No resolutions here. Resolutions are such a waste of energy. Time would be better spent demanding the treasury figure out where all my bail-out money went, because they don’t appear to know. Better spent answering the question asked of me recently, “have you …

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