I wrote this post on HOPE for my friend Danny at Waking Ideas.
So, a little over one year into the Obama presidency, and here we stand. The depression has deepened, the homeless and jobless rate is skyscraping, but The Administration insists the worst is over. The war is expanding into new territories, even though we [...]
HOPE
January 30th, 2010what a scene
January 24th, 2010so it’s past 5 am, and for whatever reason, I can’t sleep. so I’m lying here on the couch, watching the Australian Open coverage (if you know me, you know I would watch a snail fight if it was competitive – not to say tennis is not awesome – these guys are crazy good athletes). [...]
perspective.
January 3rd, 2010some “perspective” I wondered about tonight after reading a claim that waterboarding is okay because “We only use it on terrorists”…
who exactly is a terrorist? is it an objective definition?
someone who flies planes into American buildings and kills innocent civilians?
someone who drops bombs on Iraqi buildings and kills innocent civilians?
a turban-clad man in a cave [...]
Death Sonnet
December 7th, 2009was looking through some old stuff and found this, I think I wrote it in 2004. I got a kick out of it. why did I write a sonnet?
posted 12/7 in honor of Pearl Harbor Day
Another body lies in the graveyard
Again, humble life is wasted away
The tan skin of her body has been marred
Nevermore shall [...]