Monthly Archives: June 2009

Poem for the rooftops of Iran. | A Creative Revolution

Poem for the rooftops of Iran. | A Creative Revolution : “Tomorrow is Saturday. Tomorrow is a day of destiny. Tonight, the cries of Allah-o Akbar are heard louder and louder than the nights before. Where is this place? Where … Continue reading

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High Fives

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Shackled up GTO

Maybe the more old songs you carry around the harder it is to add new songs. One late arrival stuck. Red Dirt Road is a coming of age ballad by Brooks and Dunn. “Her daddy didn’t like me much, with … Continue reading

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Failure’s first question

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No hiding

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Momento mori

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My bad

In 1969, baby boomers took podiums at college graduations around the country and pledged to redefine the world in their image. Forty years later, they have, and now they are apologizing for it.

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I grew up in suburbia, I admit it

Suburbia, noun, a vast prison of tasteless, homogenized villainy created to despoil the environment, enforce conformity with narrow minded norms while isolating the inmates from any sense of community empowerment to enrich their lives through commitment to any ideal other … Continue reading

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Apologies to Philip K. Dick

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The End of Our Love Affair with Cars – WSJ.com

Cars became appliances. Or worse. Nobody’s ticked off at the dryer or the dishwasher, much less the fridge. We recognize these as labor-saving devices. The car, on the other hand, seems to create labor. We hold the car responsible for … Continue reading

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