May 21 2012

Con­tem­po­rary Cap­i­tal­ism Defined by Impul­sive Behav­ior and Momen­tary Fis­cal Indiscretion?

This is her world -- "The Filmbottles are going to be in Liverton in June. Tickets go on sale in 10 minutes on Ticketmaster and the are 100 pit seats." ... read more


Jan 18 2012

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SOPA BLACKOUT ... read more


Sep 14 2011

Yan­kee Man to Date South­ern Woman

Okay, you read the subject line. ... read more


Sep 14 2011

Tommy Tier­nan and My Post-​Irene Blues

We bought an Apple TV last spring, liked it enough to purchase a second one for the upstairs TV. I mean... $99 bucks for crap's sake. All that Netflix goodness, the podcasts (Give me this day my Daily Ted) and newly released movies right there at the click of a pretty little Apple button. Apple TV gives me British mysteries, those fabulous Elizabeth George "Inspector Lynley" ones and more from BBC. ... read more


Sep 12 2011

You Don’t Know Squat Until You’re Forty

You think you do. Know stuff, I mean. Forty really isn't when it kicks in, knowledge, but you begin to catalog events and objects, people and places. You don't contemplate it all because you're busy with kids, careers, where to live ... your every day moves on to the next day. You began to process the acquired knowledge when you hit your mid-fifties. When kids become real humans, persons. When you look in the mirror and really, honestly, can't understand who the fuck you're looking at because that sure as hell isn't you ... is it? Oh God, it is me. And you can count the dead who've begun to fall by the wayside of your every day. ... read more


May 5 2011

Fort Smith Saturday

A swing and a miss... then he hits one out of the park. Not on TV, this is radio and if I close my eyes and squint my lids shut real hard -- I can see my Dad scowl when a member of The Big Red Machine pops a foul over to left field. ... read more


Apr 16 2011

Visual Bless­ings

While reading today's message from Robert Genn, two words jumped out at me. ... read more


Feb 3 2011

The Inter­na­tional Soci­ety of Assem­blage and Col­lage Artists

The day becomes a fine one when an artist is admit­ted to join the ranks of an élite group such as the ISACA. Few moments in one’s per­sonal achieve­ment check­list rank as high as this honor. Con­tinue reading