José Saramago, Manual of Painting and Calligraphy (Nobel Prize in Literature 1998)

Best book I've read in awhile, delightfully playful with language, a philosophical novel that reminds me of Kundera.

Here I continue posting Zinn articles a bit after the relevant date. August 27th was the anniversary of the murder of Sacco and Vanzetti. I'm always a bit embarrassed when the rest of the world remembers US history better than people in the US tend to. Like May Day, Sacco and Vanzetti are glorified around the world but sadly absent in US ( Read more... )

As usual, Zinn is sharp with his criticism and backs it up with historical examples. Missed the July 4th date to post this, but any day is a good day to question nationalism.

I haven't been posting here and don't know if I'll continue. Really hating the internet these days.
( Put Away the Flags )

Amy Goodman, kicking butt as usual:
American Kangaroo Court Claims Its First Victim

More good reporting by Michelle Chen:
Racism Seen in Liberals' Opposition to Mexican Truckers

Got things to say about this, but no time now. Later.

This is good for a laugh:
http://www.pistolwimp.com/media/58721/

Sorry for the long absence. Will try to post more.

. . . and Happy New Year. When Lennon sang those lines he was protesting the war in Vietnam. I've always thought of that song as a reference to how life goes on during the holidays, how all the same mundane or shitty things can continue happening despite the artificial environment of joy. Well, it's no Vietnam war, but I've had some crappy news ( Read more... )

Experimenting with harvesting wheat manually. The harvest isn't really the hard part; separating the wheat from the chaff is. Nothing new there, eh?

The initial harvest
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Sunday, December 10, 2006

Footloose punks become rights martyrs
By Tomi Uysingco, The Manila Times School of Journalism

http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2006/dec/10/yehey/top_stories/20061210top3.
htmlI’m a sometime volunteer of Food Not Bombs, a vegetarian antiwar group ( Read more... )

Bad news, I'm afraid. My camera got stolen. So you'll all have to make do with inadequate descriptions of beards, haircuts, etc ( Read more... )