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الثورة
In the midst of some personal tragedy, I still have a mind to comment on the situation in the Middle East, a people's revolution which began in Tunisia and seems to be spreading throughout the region ( Read more... ) -
One comment on the elections.
I've been following the election season with the same morbid fascination that one might follow the spread of a deadly plague from within a quarantined area, and there's one thing that has stood out above everything else ( Read more... ) -
Look out, Cleveland.
It has been a hard week for Clevelanders. First, the treason by LeBron James and his public spitting-in-the-face of the city that adored him; next, the death of Harvey Pekar, who should be known by vastly more people than he is; and now, the passing of The Boss, George M. Steinbrenner III.
Sure, George owned the Yankees, and lived in Tampa, but he ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts on a murder.
LeBron James is leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers and joining Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami in the hopes of winning several championships. Good for you, Bron Bron ( Read more... ) -
At Drink-Two-Pints.
70 years ago the Irish novelist Brian O'Nolan (or, pseudonymically, Flann O'Brien or Myles na gCopaleen) wrote a particularly compelling piece of metafiction called At Swim-Two-Birds. Amongst the entanglement of characters is the uncle of the more-or-less main character, who works at St. James Gate Brewery in Dublin. This happens to be the place ( Read more... ) -
Love letters in the Sanford.
Say what you will about this whole Mark Sanford business...wait, let me recap briefly for those of you living under rocks:
1. South Carolina Republican Governor Mark Sanford, a man discussed as a rising star in the GOP and thus potential presidential candidate in 2012 (also, quite possibly a closet libertarian), goes missing. Doesn't tell anyone ( Read more... ) -
The creeping invasion of commercialism.
Has anyone else noticed that LiveJournal seems to have embedded audio advertisements into your friends' page? Every time I load it up, I hear a ridiculous Old Navy ad for flip-flops, and it's making me increasingly irate. There's no link or pop-up that I can close, no way to shut it off ( Read more... ) -
From the Dept. of Small-town Living.
I'm not sure if this is funny or sad ( Read more... )
