I got into an online chat with bassist Joe Burcaw. It was just a kind of, “Hey, how are you? I like what you do,” sort of thing. At some point Joe sent me an MP3 of a song he did with GI Blythe. I have to say that I had never heard anything quite…
Thinking is hard
May 6, 2014
If there’s anyone who understands how tough life can be, it’s this guy. The one writing this post. I perfectly understand your desire to maintain an even strain. Thinking is hard. It forces you to make decisions that you feel will violate your personal codes of conduct. Well, there’s your problem. Adopting rigid, arbitrary standards…
On being a solo flier
May 4, 2014
Today I thought I’d write a post on being a solo flier, Tim’s term for what he and I are. I wasn’t sure if I’d write it or what I’d say. Then I saw this video from Saturday Night Live. Like so many of SNL’s routines, it goes on too long, but the message is…
How did we come to this?
May 3, 2014
Soylent Green is one of my favorite movies. It takes place in 2022, eight years from now. When Charleton Heston brings fresh food to elderly Edward G. Robinson, for a few seconds Robinson is ecstatic, and then he breaks down and sobs, “How did we come to this?” What he means is how did we…
Would you want to know?
May 2, 2014
I grappled with this question a long time ago: If people in your life had terrible secrets, would you want to know? For me it depends on the secrets. I can overlook some things, while others are deal breakers. The first time the question really came up was when I met the Cardinal Ghost. Within…
A monster turns on its creators
April 28, 2014
By now you’ve probably heard that Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling was allegedly taped telling his mistress to not bring black people to the games and to not post photos on Instagram of herself with black men. The woman goes by several aliases, including V. Stiviano. She’s said to be part black and part…
The Wahabbist bravely ran away
April 27, 2014
I’ve acquired a fan on YouTube. Well, not so much a fan as a foam-spewing Canadian cartoon made flesh. He’s now following me around and commenting when I comment. I challenged him to a debate, but the Wahabbist bravely ran away. It all started when I was looking for a specific video write a post…
The sword is mightier than the mouth
April 27, 2014
Yesterday a writer got angry at me for pointing out that her Facebook post opposing the canonizing of the late Pope John Paul II was a waste of time. And I was right. The canonizing went ahead. The writer said that her task is to speak out against the Catholic church because of the ongoing…
