I wrote this almost seven years ago.  Like most of the “poetry”/songs/verses/whathefuckever you want to call ‘em, it was a mystery to me.  It just fell out of my moving fingertips.  Those are always my favorite ones, the ones that have no meaning.  The ones that are total free association, that are an involuntary access of my subconscious.

I wrote ( Read more... )

There’s a rash of high profile gay teen suicides in the media.  And it is very sad.  It’s sad for a multitude of reasons, reasons everyone knows, everyone admits.  But the same people who so openly demand for equality, and for anti-bullying policies in schools, these people who are “openly gay”, who embrace the concept of a readymade “lifestyle”, ( Read more... )

Harvey Pekar was found dead early this morning.  Around the same time, I was reading one of his books.

Rewind: Laura came over for our weekly pizza/TV night last night.  Usually we watch the new episode of True Blood, but one wasn’t aired last week, so instead she brought me a mix DVD with some neat stuff on it.  One of those things was a ( Read more... )

I attended a Lutheran church when I was a teenager, and fell in with a small but close-knit youth group.  At some point, someone had the idea to let us run a church service (this was a fairly progressive church, even by Lutheran standards).  I volunteered to do the sermon, partly because no one would take it on, but I also thought it would be a ( Read more... )

In today’s conscientious climate of concern and wellbeing, public health and safety is paramount.  Health care reform is a hot button issue, public smoking bans are a chic political maneuver, and sodium content is under the gun in stores and restaurants.  The market for organic foods is booming, and product information once regarded as prized ( Read more... )

I stumbled onto this random article concerning the estate of Jack Kirby suing for rights to the characters he created for Marvel Comics.  And it starts out with a characteristically misguided attitude:

In a move the (sic) reeks of opportunism and greed…

(Why I bother with idiot writers who can’t be bothered to edit their work is quite beyond me.)

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Creative Loafing - Generation Jerk

The cover of Creative Loafing features some thug by the name of Nik Richie (not his real name).  Richie rode the coattails of Tucker Max (I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell) and started a website devoted to ridiculing trendy bar-goers, particularly girls.  In principle I am not against this.  Were it done with even an ( Read more... )

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about Keseyian notions of institutionalized oppression, systems of control with no real master or figurehead.  It seems too convenient to blame the government or the rich or the educational system or our families for these problems.  Problems are what make us human, after all, but everyone is after this state of ( Read more... )

I couldn’t watch this, because my computer’s a piece, but I did read the transcript.  And I’m glad.  I’m sure a lot of the neo-conservative set would just write this off as more liberal media shenanigans, but whatever.  Guys like Bill O’Reilly and Glenn Beck are the worst kind of parasites.  I can’t believe it never occurs to their ardent listeners ( Read more... )

Another weird, notable dream last night:

I was off to the mall to shop for my friend Jackie's birthday.  It was allegedly a Sunday in the dream, because the mall was closing early.  I stopped by some store to browse gift options, and for some reason left keys with the store clerk to reserve the last Cancer hat (which I intended to get for Jackie, ( Read more... )