I
sense,

As I study
Your first reply,

The air in my room
T   h   i   c   k   e   n   i   n   g
With the pungent bouquet of bs.

There seems to be some need for humans to be always on the verge of extinction -- some catastrophic destruction of civilization. I wonder why that is. Maybe because it has happened a few times in the past (tho never on a world-wide scale, of course). But the end always seems to be just around the corner. Sometimes it's physical -- global warming ( Read more... )

So after a dozen or so bike rides on various single and double track trails on Casper Mountain -- fucking awesome sport! 

So yesterday, I participated in my first ever bicycle race. And I placed 3rd. The course was about 20 miles across Casper Mountain, a mixture of single track, double track & gravel roads, half uphill and half downhill. My time was about 3 hrs 20 minutes. I was talked into this by a teacher/poet/friend.

The rest of the story: I was entered in the ( Read more... )

I get a strong sense of meloncholy while reading this book and I'm not entirely sure why. Some may be because it begins by talking about his youth starting when he was at about 10 years. He talks about his ideas he had and his interactions with his father which, especially since Abe is 10, makes me think about his ideas (which I kknow are only half ( Read more... )

The subject line contains some of the favorite phrases used to explain the meanderings of the economy. The uses are both prescriptive ("if only the market were allowed to work") and descriptive ("if only the market had been allowed to work") and is almost always followed by something to the effect of: "then everything would be more-better." The ( Read more... )

Obama Girl - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKsoXHYICqU

Hot 4 Hill - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sudw4ghVe8

Who's yer favorite?

Black night, freezing rain,
Far away, a scream.

Awake now, you dream:
Delight and disdain.

Assignment: Recall an event in your life that illusratates social injustice. Think of it from the view point that in each case of social injustice there is usually a target, an ally, a perpetrator and a bystander. Write a short essay using vivid language that illustrates these concepts.

Black & White

Heavy black boots
Crunch in the snow
Down the blind ( Read more... )