In these present times, like no other, a statement by ol’ Grandpa Carl, Korean War vet, seem very much in order.
Grandpa Carl had just been asked if he had any advice for a newly married young relative. He cleared his throat, took a sip of his Irish coffee, and then scanned the room. His one [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Taking Care of Yourself is NOT.
Posted in but NOT The Big Something, everyday life, pointing at The Big Something, positive aphoristics, pro-peace/pro-people on September 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Shout Outs: “The US is not a Superpower…”
Posted in everyday life, politics, positive aphoristics, pro-peace/pro-people on September 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
It’s no surprise that I haven’t written anything about the real collapse of all that imaginary money that the so-called leaders of finance and government have puffed themselves and their subjects up with over the past eighty or so years. I just don’t feel like I have much to contribute to that discussion, other than [...]
Black Mosaic Templars in Barbados Find Arkansas Roots
Posted in history on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Too interesting (to me, anyway), not to highlight. A small, dying chapter of a initiatory fraternity called the Mosaic Templars, in Barbados has rediscovered the roots of its organization in Arkansas. The founding chapter of the group had been created by freed blackmen following the Civil War and once stretched across several countries, aiding their [...]
How To Be Invisible
Posted in Consciousness & Alternate Perception, everyday life, psychology on September 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s just a week after Independence Day, feeling pretty proud, not about anything Star Spangled or anything; just about finally putting up some new blinds in the bedroom with an assist from a friend. Dragged my feet on it for lack of a proper drill and…budgetary constraints. Well, that’s the excuse, but no more. It’s [...]
Sarah Palin is the Bizarro Lisa Loeb!
Posted in media, politics, provocative filler, satire on September 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Like Bizarro was to Superman, Sarah Palin is to spritely 90’s alterna-chick, Lisa Loeb.
Just compare the look, the mannerisms, and the joie-de-vivre of Loeb with Palin. Palin comes off as a stilted, robotic version of Loeb from a block-shaped planet in some strange parallel universe.
You might need to turn the sound off to really do [...]
Clap for Chaos and Drop The Mic (Do You Remember?)
Posted in Consciousness & Alternate Perception, everyday life, late night, mis-education vs. raw learning on September 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m trying to remember some details about the one and only time I got chosen to host a school assembly in high school my senior year. I remember that I wore my favorite stocking cap, a green and purple thing with a circle in the middle. Inside the circle, two question marks intertwined all Ying-Yang [...]
Shout Out: Xanadu Xero
Posted in provocative filler, shout outs on September 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am in electronic love and awe. This woman is funny as hell and tells it like it damn well is.
I’m not even gonna quote this thing. Just peep the title and click: I Hate the Left.
And There You Have It
Posted in Consciousness & Alternate Perception, conspiracy poetics, everyday life, politics on September 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
At the job and we’re on our break. Two coworkers are talking about the upcoming elections and how important they are. I mention that the past two presidential elections were fixed and that I had no expectation that it would be any different this time. One of them, a Democrat, says that she fears that [...]
Obama Would Be the Sixth Black President, At Least!
Posted in Limnal Site of Dead Heroes, history, mis-education vs. raw learning, politics, pro-peace/pro-people, psychology on September 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »
About a year ago, a Rastafarian guy I worked with who had a lot of optimism about Obama and, to me, an unrealistic expectation that an Obama presidency would be “revolutionary,” made a statement that piqued my curiosity. In the middle of speaking on what was shaping up to be the Obama versus Hilary primary [...]
The Invisible Boulder and The Imaginary Fakir
Posted in Consciousness & Alternate Perception, everyday life, late night, spirituality on September 4, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I spent two weeks once balancing an invisible boulder on my right index finger. Someone in the lobby of a theater had mimed throwing a boulder at me, because that’s what happens in theater lobbies–didn’t you know? I’d mimed suspending it in the air with the power of my breath. Huff and [...]
