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Still Alive

Just a quick note showing the world that I’m still alive and kicking — living happily out in SoCal and not writing nearly enough… hopefully will have some new stuff up here soon since my recent trip to Jordan/Israel/Palestine left me with lots upon which to ruminate. Until then, huzzah!

Posted 01 June 2011 § Aside ‡ Comments (0) °

Metal Mashup 2: Al Son del Bodom Beach Boom (Children of Bodom vs. Daddy Yankee)

This is an interesting mix of some classic melodic thrashy death metal with rrrreggaeton! Children of Bodom – Bodom Beach Terror Daddy Yankee feat. Miguelito – Al Son Del Boom (El Heredero) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download MP3 here Al Son del Bodom Beach Boom by Alex Yule is licensed under a [...]

Posted 09 April 2009 § Music ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Foucault is METAL

A  hilarious bit from a conversation with a friend about Foucault being a badass and post-modernism (whatever that is): Jack: I like postmodernism, but I usually take the radical end out and think it terms of history me: history? Jack: Yeah 9:03 PM Postmodernism thinks it has found the tr00 chaos underlying all things It’s [...]

Posted 28 January 2009 § Commentary § Incoherence ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , ,

Faulkner on the “Spirit”

“Ah write when the spirit moves me, and the spirit moves me every day.” –William Faulkner #

Posted 28 December 2008 § Meta § Tweets § Writing ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

62-year old Friar Cesare Bonizzi is no ordinary heavy metal rocker.

62-year old Friar Cesare Bonizzi is no ordinary heavy metal rocker.

Posted 21 December 2008 § Aside § Links § Tweets ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

The Kilkenny Memo & Citizen Journalism

The letter is one of the main sources for a controversial article I posted about earlier today (post deleted due to questions of journalistic sloppiness): from The Progressive Curmudgeon, Alaskans Speak (In A Frightened Whisper): Palin Is “ Racist , Sexist, Vindictive, And Mean”

I came across another post by a blogger calling herself Celtic Diva, which eventually led me to delete my earlier post: Celtic Diva Cries Afoul!: “The Progressive Curmudgeon” may have journalistic history, but I think he’s making a mistake on this one.

Posted 09 September 2008 § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Protected: self-eval

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Posted 16 May 2008 § Uncategorized ‡ Enter your password to view comments. °

boston (Yes!)

AMAAAZING! and it works

Posted 16 May 2008 § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) °

Boston All in 1

“The phone was ringing, the IM’s were coming in, emails…!” And I was like, “And when do I get my money”.

…The first bald guy is not yet his lover — they are business colleagues, they met at the cafe in newton, the man is a programmer – a consultant who works from home.

Posted 15 May 2008 § Creative Nonfiction ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Go Away (in progress)

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Posted 11 May 2008 § Creative Nonfiction § Exercises § Meta § Multimedia § Work in Progress ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,