Category: an open conversation

06 Aug

Nothing like a vibrating respitory structure…

I snore. Fuck. I fucking snore. I’ve always known that I grind my teeth, and that I can be a little bit of a “grope whatever’s next to me from deep sleep” casualty, and that’s all bad enough… but I fucking snore. Shit. So what I want to know is what can I do about [...]
12 Jul

Maybe our future is electric?

After Nixon, many presidents set similar goals for energy independence. Every target was missed. Our future is electric ? An excellent article on the future of energy, oil consumption, energy independence and more from The American’s Andy Grove.
11 Jul

italo-phone

If you said something to me, something true… maybe… sometimes I wonder if I could even hear you. It’s like the world is filtered through everything that’s ever been said, or all the crap I did when I should have been in high school. Maybe through the innocent eyes of a very young me, standing [...]
21 Jun

Another look at affirmative action

I really like what Orlando Patterson and Glenn C. Loury have to say about affirmative action in America. With mixed feelings on the subject, I am delighted to sing the praises of anyone who I feel is spot on. Moreover, I am delighted to find myself so surprised, and in such complete agreement with anyone [...]
25 May

Naomi Wolf pretty much rocks my world.

Watch the talk yourself. Try to be patient and watch the whole thing, or maybe just listen. Consider her arguments, and be patient with your response… positive or negative. I think, if nothing else, that this may be a positive example of a step toward new language, and non violent expression of where we can go, [...]
21 Apr

Charlie Watt’s Guide to good blogging

Charlie Watts writes in and suggests that I shouldn’t write about cleaning my apartment, or television shows anymore. He also suggests that because he’s Charlie Watts, you know… the guy from the Rolling Stones… that his opinion matters and that I should listen to him. To his credit, he does say that he likes my [...]
21 Feb

Ask for what you want…

Claude Babcock taught me a lesson many years ago. A lesson which I may have yet to actually learn, but have begun to put into practice since the day she stood on her door step and sent me away without my belongings. I had finally gotten my own apartment (my very first) and sent my [...]
14 Feb

… just bury me next to highball would ya?

Historically speaking, we really don’t know too much about Saint Valentine. There were several of them, and despite the Catholic Church’s fastidious record keeping, and long tradition of the St. Valentine’s Feast which is observed on February the 14th every year, the only known or recorded activity of any such saint is having overseen the [...]