2020-08-17 00:12
I met a man claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto outside a building I work at near the SF train station. He asked to talk to me. He was white, 50ish, with a 3 day beard that seemed trim. He… Read More
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2020-02-29 00:21
“…Some say it's just a part of itWe've got to fulfill the book.”B. MarleyBefore I completely run away from the point, the subject of this essay is free will, or, more accu… Read More
2020-01-22 17:34
"You can’t debate with someone who hates you." C. Hitchens Reason has become a tool to manipulate you into thinking things are true that you know are not true. Science and math… Read More
2019-12-18 02:59
"The sea speaks more honestly to those willing to drown.”It seems like I’ve been in this room, in this house, forever. With the sun now down the lighting has shifted, and the s… Read More
2019-12-17 23:13
Explain nothing, except your self.I feel like the last of a tribe struggling to keep my identity a secret from the mob, one step ahead at best, reduced to hiding in bushes from the monsters… Read More
2019-12-17 23:12
A Note from my FatherSonYour mother’s crazy. She’s dressed and on the couch. Come get her.I’m going out to buy cigarettes’And might be gone a bit,Or longer.DadBy Mich… Read More
2019-05-08 19:32
Julian of ByzantiumUpon the death of the Apostate,When felled and toppled on his side,They took a chisel to all that was his faceand removed him from the remembering.Michael S Brady Read More
2019-02-21 00:08
Sure, you hate me, but who are you?Well into winter, no hint of warmth or light from the sun, only the precise metronome stillness of a hard rain.It’s hard to remember the last day o… Read More
2019-01-23 00:32
Dear god:I know where I am,I can read the leaves.Nothing can change, Not the memories or the sadness,The fact that this endsMachined gunned in a ditch.I know who I amI know what this me… Read More
2019-01-11 21:03
--> “Reason is the defining quality of humanity. Without it we are nothing.” Aristotle v Saint Thomas.As the ides of holidays fade from view, and with it the tumor… Read More
2019-01-09 23:50
Working on some stuff, but not as good as this:Shadows are fallin' and I've been here all day It's too hot to sleep and time is runnin' away Feel like my soul has turned into steel I've stil… Read More
2018-12-15 23:10
--> “…Round the decayOf that colossal Wreck, boundless and bareThe lone and level sands stretch far away.”Shelley, OzymandiasAbout HumilityHe got up at a meeting… Read More
2018-11-30 23:41
--> ‘I look to you and I see nothing I look to you to see the truth…’‘Some kind of night into your darkness Colors your eyes with what's not there.’Ma… Read More
2018-11-16 23:47
2018-11-08 20:43
2018-10-26 00:40
”Charlie don’t surf”Lualualei Naval Magazine – this was the medical dispensary that I worked at from 1973-77 as a hospital corpsman. We were on 4-section duty for the… Read More
2018-10-22 16:56
Breakfast was a weekend thing for Mary and me, at least until the whole era of weight loss began. Though we still get up early on occasion, and still eat too much for fun, it’s now m… Read More
2018-10-10 23:57
--> End of Road trip (part 3)“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls. “Anaïs NinI ended the last part of this tale by leaving… Read More
2018-09-28 17:43
Road trip, Part 29/24/18I left Bakersfield and headed for Boron, famous for the 20-mule team that hauled low-value borax from the mines for some god-awful reason lost to time, and for a sm… Read More
2018-09-28 17:38
2018-09-27 17:45
2018-09-25 00:19
The day before my last road trip9/24/2018I’m packing for a couple of days of road travel. Not sure the destination, Seligman Az.-- or something else Death Valley like– it&r&hell…Read More
2018-08-24 23:10
My Mom is, and has always been, a Playwright. She writes, and thinks, in short, staged paragraphs. There is a structure to her writing – she wants to be heard in the voice of her cho… Read More
2018-07-31 23:00
--> “I went home with a waitress,The way I always doHow was I to knowShe was with the Russians too.”W. ZevonThere are places in my head that are greyed out now – l… Read More
2018-07-31 02:20
--> How I died in a Honda and woke up with a pacemakerSitting outside my office with few minutes to kill, (I usually got to work an hour early to beat the traffic), I start drifting… Read More
2018-07-30 18:36
--> So ok, I quit. I know this surprises no one, what coming from the pie hole of a member of our most disappointing generation -- but trust me, this needs to be said – becaus… Read More
2018-07-30 18:13
Hey Joe, thanks for the book and gift card – both will be used in time, and as appropriate. You can tell a lot about a person by the gifts they receive on their birthday, “Subm… Read More
2018-05-15 16:04
--> “Everything is free now,That's what they say.Everything I ever done,Gotta give it away.Someone hit the big score.They figured it out,That we're gonna do it anyway,Even if… Read More
2017-04-18 21:55
For clarity, I think I will write this only once.I do not write confessional poetry, and I do not write things down as a form of therapy. I write because I have something unique to say in a… Read More
2017-04-02 23:14
I watched that Zany new program, ‘Homeland’ on TV today. I told Mary:“Someday when we as a nation are down and out and struggling for a bit of understanding and mercy our n… Read More
2017-04-02 19:28
Went to a wedding and a funeral this weekend with Mary. Sacramento, Santa Rosa, then home– a whirlwind trip through weekend bay area traffic. The traffic was horrible – life chan… Read More
2017-03-26 23:47
Calling ISIS militants Islamic fundamentalists is like calling snake handling meth lab owners Christian fundamentalists Read More
2017-03-19 21:19
I left a message on Facebook for someone I care about that ended with the words, “one won”. I did it just because I thought was funny. That led to a literally whimsical discovery… Read More
2017-03-16 19:54
Hard KnoxIt was made clear to me as a small child that I was fundamentally flawed to the core and that nothing I could ever do that could ever change this fact. I came to think of it as an o… Read More
2017-03-07 22:28
ScuttlingA station agent's watch will timeThe coming and the going,And fix the here to nowNot the powered wheels that turnNot the rails that guide the wayNot the pail that shovels coalNot an… Read More
2017-02-08 21:31
This is the Republican plan. It means that the total amount of money coming into the government won't change, but who pays for what will. It's not a tax cut, it's a tax rearrangement. (Any a… Read More
2017-02-01 13:14
2016-12-19 19:44
Over time, I’ve come to love my Mary with all my heart. I’ve also learned to become protective of her, because the lord knows she has the worst picker I’ve ever seen. It&rs&hell…Read More
2016-12-19 19:18
It seems that false news is the talk of the day, and methods to fix it are all the rage. I am not totally sure, but the truth to be found in social constructs such as politics or hair care a… Read More
2016-11-16 18:42
I heard a dog barking every night for a week. I couldn't sleep. I decided to confront the dogs owner about the noise.I walked to Hillary’s home. It was surrounded by a high fence, so I… Read More
2016-11-10 19:30
Mary asked me if the 49ers were good or bad. I told her to unask the question Read More
2016-11-08 19:44
I had a fat dream about this poem last night, probably from the stout Cortez reference. I might have heard it while vaguely dozing with the TV turned on one of my nightly pre-bedtime comedy… Read More
2016-11-03 23:28
This song is from 1968, and I've listened and sung along to it hundreds of times in the last 50 years. Somehow, just today, I read the lyrics.Something new everyday in spite of myself.I've b… Read More
2016-11-01 22:15
I have vision when the rest of the world wears bifocals, a fact that is legally well documented with time-stamps and the way-back machine, and I occasionally make political recommendations a… Read More
2016-11-01 20:00
I finished my shower using the new soap Mary had bought, possible from witches. I did not see the original packaging for this particular bar of soap, but am used to strange soaps—Kimch… Read More
2016-10-17 19:24
While driving the great road home, the way I usually do, I saw a cluster of buildings. At one time they were various banks and edge companies, now they were all painted dark gray and just th… Read More
2016-10-17 18:56
I picked my daughter and grandson up early on a Wednesday morning. Over days we drove to Oklahoma for a family reunion. At the end of the family thing -- the next Sunday, I drove them… Read More
2016-10-01 17:57
This is something I have wondered about most of my life.http://evonomics.com/why-capitalism-creates-pointless-jobs-david-graeber/ Read More
2016-07-16 16:09
This is what I think about the coup attempt in Turkey yesterday. It will be a nice read in a couple of years to see if it's prophetic or stupid... or some weird combination of the two. It's… Read More
2016-07-11 16:14
http://www.cringely.com/2016/07/11/thinking-big-data-part-3-final-part/ Read More
2016-07-07 16:44
http://www.cringely.com/2016/07/07/15306/ Read More
2016-07-05 15:48
http://www.cringely.com/2016/07/05/thinking-big-data-part-one/ Read More
2016-06-24 20:08
1. Learned, educated power people who lose an election should not blame it on the other side being stupid. Especially if it's true. 2. They knew exactly what they were doing, and besides, fu… Read More
2016-06-24 19:10
I've reviewed all the typical references today concerning the British exit from the European Union. The consensus seems to be: hang tight, don't worry, it's not as bad as you think. I wasn't… Read More
2016-06-03 15:50
http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/06/the-googleoracle-decision-was-bad-for-copyright-and-bad-for-software/A good reminder that smart people talk pretty for money. It's not about truth in… Read More
2016-06-03 15:21
http://techcrunch.com/2016/06/03/tronc-off/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=sfgplus&sr_share=googleplus&%3Fncid=sfgplus&_utm_source=1-2-2 Read More
2016-04-24 20:21
How the Banks Stole Higher Education http://flip.it/J.bV9 Read More
2016-04-07 13:49
https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2015/feb/4/texas-100-medical-copay-prisoners-generates-less-revenue-expected/ Read More
2016-04-06 18:35
Panama - The Coming Crash of Capitalism http://flip.it/916zP Read More
2016-03-30 15:28
http://m.phys.org/news/2016-03-huygens-pendulum-synchronization.html?_utm_source=1-2-2C.S. Lewis wrote about this year's ago. It just seems the most profound thing ever Read More
2016-03-22 19:32
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-07-01/andy-grove-how-america-can-create-jobs Read More
2016-03-22 13:31
“She sounds like Netanyahu”: Hillary Clinton goes extra hawkish in her biased, die-hard pro-Israel AIPAC speech http://flip.it/A_nhZ Read More
2016-02-16 17:04
Afghanistan Part I: Fake Islamists, Heroin & The CIA http://flip.it/Gh98_ Read More
2016-02-02 00:52
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2016-01-13 21:29
Mary wants to watch the President give his final state of the nation speech. It begins, I walk away - unable to listen, and angry at the thought of it all. More pretty words, chopped and lin… Read More
2012-05-31 21:32
Bleeding warmth to savage windsI lean against the coastlines bend…Out to the sea, the farthest pale,I push against the winters swell.I pull myself into the wind until the lee is lost… Read More
2011-10-20 03:10
Sonnet 73(1609)William ShakespeareThat time of year thou mayst in me beholdWhen yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hangUpon those boughs which shake against the cold,Bare ruined choirs, wher… Read More
2011-06-03 17:34
"Sarah Palin is what happens when Satan pours a touch too much banality into his vats of evil."MisterLumpyDough Read More
2011-05-19 02:41
Please excuse the rush and haphazard in my writing, I'm in a hurry and want to get this out before the 21st.Those of you that know me understand that I have no problem with the Apocalypse &n&hell…Read More
2011-04-08 20:52
Cold Comfort for ChangeIn our wailingAnd shaking of fists,Prayers to what we prefer of reasonTouch lightly on the thing beneath. These gestures made through the movement of time Rub softly a… Read More
2011-04-08 19:09
From Vanity Fair, By Joseph E. Stiglitz -- full article linked"Alexis de Tocqueville once described what he saw as a chief part of the peculiar genius of American society—so… Read More
2011-04-01 15:37
God bless this kid -- at all points he seems to want to be helpful, but it's just random crap to me -- I can only pick out words, and other than that, nothing makes sense. It's as if I were… Read More
2011-01-27 03:36
http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/la-heb-tiger-mother-20110124,0,337942.storyThis fits with my ongoing observations that god died a long time ago, and that we are now left to find meani… Read More
2010-12-23 16:10
Holiday Goat I arrange to make the razor strappedAnd dream of two-doored Cadillac’s.From the shadow of a broken rockAbove the flatness of promised landA harshness shines in waves Of c… Read More
2010-12-18 00:05
This is very good -- and very recommended!! http://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/ Read More
2010-12-10 21:53
Scuttling TrainsA station agent with a watch to timeThe come and go -- to chart the here and now. Not the wheels that turn from powered steamNot the rails that guide the loads to homeN… Read More
2010-12-08 02:18
Oklahoma, Maybe.In Texas:We don’t use French in poetry --It’s all affect no matter the alliterationAnd the vowels add only unearned arrogance.Some German works:Our thoughts sound… Read More
2010-12-03 21:15
From Pravda for God's sakes. I just keep saying, "Marketplace of Ideas" over and over. To myself apparently. It's just hard to watch."If Sarah Palin is not some kind of a massive polit… Read More
2010-12-03 20:34
A cast iron skillet,(I’m doing cornbread variations this year.)An electric water boiler for morning coffee.Curtains for my bedroom,(On days off, I’d like to see the sun later not… Read More
2010-12-02 23:31
The FallYou ask for signs and seeBlowing across a frozen lakeSome scattered leavesBurning, as if the wind could Start a fireOr the ice give up sparks of heat.It’s time for the fall so… Read More
2010-11-12 16:44
You have brains in your head.You have feet in your shoes.You can steer yourselfany direction you choose. You're on your own.And you know what you know.And YOU are the girlwho'll decide wh… Read More
2010-10-07 18:47
"Let us toast to animal pleasures, to escapism, to rain on the roof and instant coffee, to unemployment insurance and library cards, to absinthe and good-hearted… Read More
2010-08-26 22:14
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people… Read More
2010-07-14 20:42
If I had Dick Cheney's blood type I'd be very careful crossing the street for the next few weeks. I really wouldn't want to be the leftover body they find in an ice filled tub, though… Read More
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