"…something like the supervisor of an entire team of political agents…"
This morning while dropping my kids off at school, it occurred to me that California is now my home. I’ve lived here longer than I’ve lived anywhere else. I spent seventeen years on the east coast, interrupted by five years as a kid in Holland. Meanwhile, my California experience will hit nineteen years this coming … Read more
Back in the 90s, there was an SF band I loved called “Eskimo.” They had one song in particular I was so sure was gonna be an alt-rock super-smash. We’d go to the shows and this tune (“Dado Peru”) would kick in and the crowd would start to sway…. Well, Dado never broke out the … Read more
From 2004 to 2006 I was part of a loose cabal of audio-oriented miscreants known as Monkey Vortex Radio Theater. Between us, we produced around 35 or so short bits of MP3 whackiness. Yes, and it’s hard to imagine a time when we had the brainwidth to produce 35 or so short bits of MP3 … Read more
Lots of noise this week about Obama and the former minister at his church. I’m pro-Obama, so I’m gonna see things through that filter, but I don’t think there’s substance to the issue. If O. hadn’t repeatedly rejected what Wright has said, that’d be different. But he has. I think most of us like and … Read more
There’s a slow-motion scam being perpetuated by the Clinton campaign and I must speak out. The short version: Barring a complete Obama meltdown, you know, I know, and the American people know they can’t win on elected delegates. So you’re increasingly hearing them talk about the popular vote. If Hillary wins the popular vote, they … Read more
waiting on line in my mind. everybody cutting and they don’t even know it and hey I was here. getting coffee and a scone but also waiting.
Lovely. (Link via ye olde zefrank.com.
This poem was originally about the joy of lemonade and coffee shops. Over time it became about other things that go away and comes back — like creativity. But these last few weeks, it’s become about missing lemonade and coffee shops again. From The Lavender Lemonade Is Back: Poems and Stories, now available in print/kindle … Read more
So I’ve always heard that Las Vegas was known for having something for everybody. Harley Davidson-brand pedicures? Check. A shadow-puppet show featuring the songs of Hugo Chavez? Check. Guys who wear blue face paint and speak in pig latin? I’m telling you, it’s all here. One example, though, I found kinda gross. Frankly. I get … Read more