Going Forward
OK, OBL DEAD. I’m not sad he is dead, murdered even, but I’ve written several emails this morning to different friends, friends heading to India and Australia, asking them not to go. My brother is in China. He is due home this weekend. I’ll be relieved when he returns, as …
The Fart of the Eel
Donald Trump: “China is raping this country”. Ignoring, for the purpose of this post, the ridiculous use of the word rape, there is nothing with even an inkling of logic in this slightly mad, Qaddafi like statement. I can only guess that the cry baby Meatloaf ( his fascinating anger …
Letting The River Run
Sifting through a 2006 David Foster Wallace essay on Roger Federer in NYT Play, Federer as Religious Experience, I realize that this internet is good for some things. Recently finding old David Foster Wallace pieces is one of those things. I can come to no conclusion as to the benefits, …
The Best Of Me, 2010
Goodbye 2010. I can’t say I’ll miss you, but I will remember you well. In a year where blogging became an afterthought to work and academia, and in which, to my own horror and disbelief, You Tube became my friend, these are what I consider the best of the lot. …
The Exorcist?
A demon who must be exposed, or exposing the demon? “He’s a liar. The demon is a liar. He will lie to confuse us. But, he will also mix lies with the truth to attack us. The attack is psychological, Damien, and powerful. So don’t listen. Remember that, do not …
