It has been forty years, now. Forty years brings about a lot of changes. Vilgot Sjoman died last year. China is seeking a rapid move towards capitalization. Tyrants like Pol Pot, Saddam Hussein, Adolf Hitler, and Idi Amin are finally dead (as the world, alas, awaits new tyrants to fill their shoes). Indeed, there has been forty years to ( Read more... )

I want to divorce this life ( Read more... )

I am feeling a little better, but I still have a week of antibiotics in store, and they are taking a toll. It seems my immune system is very good at attacking things that it should not attack (like my arthritic joints), but my immune system simply hates the idea of cooperating in the fight against infections and diseases ( Read more... )

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Yes, I am still here, and yes, I am still alive. I haven't felt much like posting during the past week or so because I have been busy battling a nasty infection called cystitis of the prostate which is almost as much fun to have as it is to try and say really fast. I'd give you full details of the symptoms, but I don't want to get all gross and ( Read more... )

This is the year I turn 45. DD turns 45 as well. Her birthday is not until November, though. Mine's this month (or something like that). We were musing over the depth of these past decades, and how much they have amounted to. We have certainly experienced a lot over these years, and looking back, I can't say I am unhappy with it at all ( Read more... )

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too many blue
too much gold
and the result
is fuzzy
but always where you don't want it fuzzy...

didn't we use to have a special fuzzy
where it all mellowed in pink bottles
over a greying landscape?
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FCGST (sensory mode fuzzy(
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Huger than huge thanks to Rhoda and Keating for saving me from undue chilliness and filling my evening with the mirth of bad movies about reptilian things. Not only am I cleaner, but the postal guy finally has a flag to stop for. Hooray! You guys are the best!
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FCGST (sensory mode squeaky)
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Here is a video of Esplendor Geometrico doing a live version of "ISOLEKTRA".
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FCGST (sensory mode electrified)
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To any of you who might be wondering what I have been doing lately ( Read more... )