An Informed Citizenry?

Here's a recent report on the state of the United States. Yes, the video was made by the New Left - but the people spoke for themselves. I have to try to console myself by thinking that people getting involved is a good thing, right? Even if they have no idea what they're involved in ...

Poems for September

I love Autumn. It has always been the season that stirs me the most. I think I'm going to try to write a poem a day in September - good, bad or in between. I'll have from midnight to the following midnight to draft something and polish it, and then it's on to the next day and the next poem. Spare time of course will be hard to come by, but it will be a good warm up for November's novel.

Canned Heat - On The Road Again

My Twenty-Four Hour Summer

Yeah, all work made Jack a dull boy alright, and a borderline psychotic one too. So I took this weekend off before the kids went back to school. I spent a day with my nine year old getting tumbled by big surf - laughing, coughing, gagging and drinking up half the North Atlantic. Now they're all asleep and this day was well spent. You can't save days, but maybe if you're careful and lucky you can spend a few of them well. Monday is waiting though, just over there, to pull me back into the long march

My Secret Society's Annual Report

When I was a kid I read a lot of comic books and developed a burning desire to embark on an epic mission against staggering odds. In fourth grade, I got the notion to start a secret society - an invisible and elite force for good, fighting evil and holding the world together behind the scenes. I developed an eye for recruits, selected three or four, assigned them code names and training missions, but we were broken by internal differences before we had the chance to do anybody any good. Secret society members are not without ego and, believe me, they present some management challenges. Now, I do my recruiting secretly - not even the members I select know they're in. This policy has been good for stability but we've yet to achieve our first year benchmarks.

More Nostalgia - Strange Children's Television - Lancelot Link

I remember as a little kid having a small black and white television set and waiting for the signal to come on in the morning (was it at 7am?). They didn't have 24 hours of programming back then, and there wasn't much more than 12 or 13 channels, but in the case of Lancelot Link it was well worth the wait (as you can see for yourself).

Mulatu Astatke of Ethiopia

I find this mysterious and hypnotic. It's been in my head for a few years now. Great for dancing alone in your room.