1) Post-traumatic slave syndrome offered as murder defense. With a straight face. 2) Student plagiarist sues school for not warning him that passing off others’ work as his own was against the rules. 3) Al Gore
June 1, 2004
3 Signs of the Apocalypse, or of something not quite the Apocalypse, but creepy nevertheless
June 1, 2004
The very embodiment of counter-cultural sensibilities, Robert Dupea finds certain church practices q
Dupea: “I said don’t point at her, you pompous celibate!”
June 1, 2004
Where are you going, where have you been?
Anybody interested in having a total stranger sleep over? He’ll be drunk and smelling of driver’s seat and tortilla chips. Hello…?
June 1, 2004
Infantilization and the Arab Street
From Reuel Marc Gerecht’s “Who’s Afraid of Abu Ghraib,” comes this insightful bit: A very odd, very American notion about foreign affairs has now become gospel in certain quarters in Washington: Bin Ladenism will end and democracy spread throughout the Muslim Middle East only when a critical mass of Muslims like, respect, and trust us. Democracy cannot exist in the Muslim mind on its own merits but is judged overwhelmingly
June 1, 2004
Memorial Day leftovers
My plan here was to take John Kerry to task for using a Memorial Day event as an opportunity to bash the Bush administration’s war strategy, but I’m afraid I can’t think of anything just now other than potato salad. With bits of chopped pickle. So much potato salad. So unless you want to hear me call Kerry a lump of pickle-flecked potato salad, you’re going to want to go
May 31, 2004
A Poem from 1968, Revised by the Ghost of Richard Brautigan, 2004 (tenth in a series)
1939 1972 Part 3 Baudelaire Michael Moore used to come to our house and watch me grind coffee. endure oppression from The Establishment. That was in 1939 1972 and we lived in the slums suburbs of Tacoma. Baltimore County. My mother would put the coffee beans in the grinder. insulate me from the reality [of the streets, dig? — poisoning me with bourgeois values]. I was a child and would
May 31, 2004
Talking back to Memorial Day, 1
Thank you. Sincerely. Thank you thank you thank you. And then thank you once more. Thank you.
May 30, 2004
This post is filler
See? Nothing here but us filler words. And anyway, shouldn’t you be out grilling or something? It’s a beautiful day. Go. Have yourself a snowcone, for Chrissakes.
May 30, 2004
Brautigan, Revisited – an American love story
Chapter 14: Salt Water Smells Chapter 1. Chapter 2. Chapter 3. Chapter 4. Chapter 5. Chapter 6. Chapter 7. Chapter 8. Chapter 9. Chapter 10. Chapter 11. Chapter 12. Chapter 13. Later that evening, Liz and I made love on Robin’s plaid pullout sofa. Robin had gone to sleep, dreams of country clubs and thoroughbred cocks dancing around in her head. When we’d finished, Liz opened a bottle of Boone’s
May 30, 2004
A few things not allowed at Ted Kennedy’s Memorial Day Cookout
Veggie burgers Anything containing lettuce or carrots Light beer Jews Woman who wear glasses / are overweight Negroes Mustard-based potato salads Tonic water Did I mention Jews?