2018-02-24 23:13
OK, I'm offended. For many, many years the only way to put a photo on this blog was with photo bucket. You can see that they've cut off my "free" photo storage and posting. They've decided t… Read More
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2018-01-01 17:41
Today is January 1, 2018. I haven't posted here in a long time, but today's New York Times Editorial inspired me. The Editorial calls for the abolition of the death penalty throughout the Un… Read More
2017-04-24 20:54
This evening Arkansas plans to kill two men by lethal injection. Jack Jones, Jr., convicted of rape and murder 22 years ago, is scheduled to die at 7 pm; Marcel Williams, convicted of murder… Read More
2016-05-04 15:22
It's been over a year since I posted anything here. I haven't disappeared.Instead, I've been posting on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.Do I wish I were producing more writing here? Sometime… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
2016-03-19 18:53
Your Bloguero is amazed. US speed skaters claim that their performances have been hindered by an Under Armor racing suit jointly engineered by UA and Lockheed Martin.They say it's slowing th… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Your Bloguero just got the text message from CodeRed. It warns of yet another winter storm, more than a foot of snow, extreme cold, and yadda yadda. This idea arrived embedded in the text: m… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Please join your Bloguero and support The Day We Fight Back Against Mass Surveillance" Read More
2015-03-22 21:08
This year it was the pundits who led me astray. If a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, lots of information is worse. Far worse. And so it was that Eastern Washington/Iowa State and thei… Read More
2015-01-30 15:44
Your Bloguero notes that Andrew Sullivan has decided to quit blogging. He has two reasons: The first is one I hope anyone can understand: although it has been the most rewarding experience i… Read More
2015-01-02 17:01
On New Year's day your Bloguero posted his 600th Facebook haiku. For now, it is his last. He felt it was enough. He stopped (for now). The repeated "for now" seems to have something to do w… Read More
2014-12-24 00:49
Felices Fiestas! Queremos tomar esta tiempo para ofrecerle nuestros mejores deseos a usted y sus seres queridos. Esperamos que su hogar este lleno do gozo, cordialidad y buena voluntad duran… Read More
2014-09-02 11:28
I know how it began. In high school someone showed me haikus by Basho. They were unbelievably profound. So some classmates and I tried writing them. Eventually, the novelty wore off. W… Read More
2014-08-08 02:42
Your Bloguero notes that it's been 3 long months since he tickled the ivories at The Dream Antilles. That calls for an update. Here it is now. Your Bloguero is busy writing haikus. He is po… Read More
2014-05-07 22:59
Maybe there are Bloggers who announce that they have come to the end and are retiring from posting, that the Blog is over. Maybe they write a last post summing everything up and saying farew… Read More
2014-05-05 00:56
Oh my. Your Bloguero has let this blog fall silent. Where has he gone? Nowhere really. Just doing an almost daily Haiku at Facebook. You can join him there Read More
2014-02-08 23:41
The Day We Fight Back Be there Read More
2013-12-21 02:59
Felices Fiestas! Queremos tomar esta tiempo para ofrecerle nuestros mejores deseos a usted y sus seres queridos. Esperamos que su hogar este lleno de gozo, cordialidad y buena voluntad duran… Read More
2013-12-18 01:02
‘Tis the season. Your Bloguero left work early today because it was snowing hard, the roads were already slick,it was getting dark, and soon the roads would be impassable.Two obstacle… Read More
2013-11-21 13:23
Please forgive your Bloguero some seasonal commercialism and some self promotion. If it's one thing your Bloguero now understands, it's that the Internet isn't just, as they sing in Avenue Q… Read More
2013-10-10 12:10
Note: This essay was originally posted at NION in 2008. That site no longer exists. And it was reprised and updated in 2011 at The Dream Antillles. It was expanded to form a central part of… Read More
2013-09-10 12:09
Salvador Allende (1908-1973)Vive En MemoriaIt was on September 11, 1973, 40 years ago, that democracy died in Chile. A CIA backed coup, led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet, overthrew democratically… Read More
2013-08-07 00:46
Imagine your Bloguero's shock when he discovered that according to Conde Nast Traveler the city of his birth, Newark, New Jersey, is rated the most unfriendly city in the United States. Ri… Read More
2013-08-03 13:10
(Amig@s, you will recall yesterday's banking drama in which your Bloguero learned to his surprise and horror that, alas, five of his accounts had been emptied. And they all said they had no… Read More
2013-08-02 00:12
Your Bloguero's brain is about to explode. Where is his dough? He wants it back. Yes, he knows he's repeating himself. Your Bloguero was going to write an essay about how none of us has any… Read More
2013-07-26 12:12
Oh my. Your Bloguero's existence in the pixelated world is fading. Let him explain. This morning he noticed that he had not posted here in more than two months, the longest time ever. This… Read More
2013-05-21 02:07
The show: "Globe Poster: Not to be Missed!" at the Creative Alliance, Baltimore, Maryland, runs from April 27 through June 16, 2013. True to it’s title, it’s not to be missed. Y… Read More
2013-05-09 11:46
First there was this. It was not very long ago. If I close my eyes, I can remember the day. Thin ice. And the wind. But no snow to cover the branches. Then there was this. The same wonderful… Read More
2013-04-30 00:38
This is my favorite ginko tree.She is wearing her early Spring green dress. She sways in the breeze. She smiles. She spins to show off her dress. She listens to the wind's song and hums soft… Read More
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