You might not know this unless you’ve read Allan MacDonnall’s Prisoner of X. Since the author is a friend of a friend of mine, I hope he doesn’t mind if I quote you some excerpts from the book. (BTW, no, I’m not voting for Barr. And, you should totally buy Allan MacDonnall’s book!)
At the height [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Why Bob Barr isn’t a Republican anymore
Posted in politics, sex, tagged assholes, hypocrites, libertarians, politicians, politics, republicans, shilling on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Civil disobedience — the conversation continues
Posted in blogging, politics, tagged activism, ghandi, language, politics, terminology on June 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
OK to keep continuing my theme, re. activists, language, oppression, assholes, and “playing nice,” I want to toss this one out there: Civil disobedience. I believe in civil disobedience and believe that it WORKS. That’s just judging by (my understanding of) history, not by any personal participation in any acts of civil disobedience. Ghandi has [...]
“Nobody in Atlanta can read”
Posted in music, the south, tagged assholes, elitism, journalism, music, southerners, the south, white trash, wtf on June 27, 2008 | 9 Comments »
You want to know yet another reason why I never moved to New York City to pursue a “real” journalism career?
Times: “Do Not Submit Ideas Concerning Dog Fights, Cock Fights, Or The Confederate Flag”
Ahh, another link from the ever-so-snarky Gawker (two in two days no less!).
Can you believe this wording appears in an ACTUAL JOB [...]
The Polite Society; Patience; Education
Posted in Uncategorized on June 26, 2008 | 13 Comments »
There’s nothing like publicly announcing a blog break that gives me the clarity of “but wait, I wanted to write a post about THAT!” (Just like I’ve recently become more of a Target person after all, after openly declaring myself a Wal-Mart type …)
Wow, while I was mucking about for writing this post, I came [...]
Why I’m pissed at blogging, & (bad) WORDS
Posted in Uncategorized on June 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
OK I am still annoyed with my blog. Mostly b/c I am annoyed with myself.
FYI, I do read a lot more blogs than I let on. I just don’t comment on them and I don’t talk about them. I sometimes think my time would be better spent learning astral projection, or, I dunno, shoe repair, [...]
“Blanche” is going on break
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged blogging, film, me on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In the meantime, I’ll be putting more effort into ASTOUNDING Pictures.
Smog annoys me for the wrong reason
Posted in bitching, humor, the south, tagged annoyance, bitching, humor, marijuana, me, memoirs, mental illness, pot, smoking, white trash on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, it’s smog season here in Metro Atlanta, i.e. summer. I moved up to a ‘burb about a year ago, and I *swear* the air quality is worse here than it was when I lived intown. I wonder if it’s from all the cars that idle on 75/575 … or if the wind blows this [...]
Columnated Ruins Domino … or, let’s cry over “lost” art
Posted in music, religion, tagged awesomeness, beach boys, brian wilson, music, religion, zombies on June 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I admit it. I am in love with Brian Wilson.
OK, albeit the way he looked in 1966 …
There’s really no reason to be blogging about Brian Wilson right now, except that I went and dug up my copy of Pet Sounds after seeing Dewey Cox for about the 5th time (the husband and I *adore* [...]
