I have close to 6000 books in my house. Now, this is not a lot compared to some I know. Harlan Ellison has over a quarter million. Of course, he has the space for it (barely). But for an average … Continue reading
We’ve been on the east side of the Mississippi often the last few weeks. Good friends over there, and last night we had Thanksgiving Feast at the house of some very good ones. Smoked turkey (my favorite way to have … Continue reading
Back to the visual. I had forgotten that before Advance closed down and I lost access to a full lab, I’d made some 4 X 5 transparencies of my over-sized art pieces, works that simply won’t fit on my scanner. … Continue reading
I’ve been hesitant to write about this, because the tendency to indulge self pity creeps in around the edges. But in the past year we’ve seen a rise in attention being paid to a great human tradition—bullying. A gay youth … Continue reading
The writing world is a-buzz of late with the story about James Frey’s “new” marketing idea to rope writers into a contractual arrangement that makes indentured servitude look like an intern program over a summer between semesters. The fact that … Continue reading
There are several things in politics that I could write about. I did post a screed yesterday over on Dangerous Intersection, so I think I’ll do something a bit more personal and, um, artistic here. Of course, metaphorically, the theme … Continue reading
All the negative crap will collect on the psyche after a while and bury you under cynicism, despair, anger, pessimism. You just can’t let the beauty slip by, though. Sometimes it’s the only thing that will keep you getting up … Continue reading
I’m calming down. People go through periodic spasms of irrationality born out of frustration, fear, incomprehension, anger, or some combination thereof. So, too, do communities, and by extension, countries. Spreading it out across a wider base tends to mitigate some … Continue reading
I should probably wait a few days or weeks before writing my reaction to last night’s national insanity exhibition. But I doubt I’ll “level out” on what has happened. First off, what part of Mr. Obama’s “fixing this will take … Continue reading