relentless elaboration

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Pannini [Sanskrit means 'complete' or 'perfect']

I was reading about this cat, named Panini (no, not the tasty italian bread. see here). He was in fact a brilliant mind, a student of the Vedas, and perhaps one of the most innovative people in the whole development… Continue Reading →

what I tell myself

what I tell myself is, all these people, they live in queens, or the san fernando valley, or whatever, and they tell themselves, they couldn’t stand to live as far from the ocean as all that, but when you look… Continue Reading →

the other night I dreamed I had died and gone to hell. again.

the other night I dreamed I had died and gone to hell. again. this time, hell was like the midwest at night in winter. the vast flat plain was hopeless and oppressive in its enormity. the sky was sulphurous, incarnadine,… Continue Reading →

I love to write

I love to write. Its fun to imagine someone is interested in what I have to say.

its a peculiar irony

its a peculiar irony that drugs such as lsd, heroin and cocaine were introduced into the anti-war community in the sixties as a form of “active measure” by the u.s. intelligence community specifically intended to disrupt their activities and discredit… Continue Reading →

martha wainwright has this

martha wainwright has this song called “bloddy mother fucking asshole” which incorporates lyrics like “I will not put on a smile for you” which along with the title are repeated endlessly. ok, martha, let’s make a deal. you don’t put… Continue Reading →

the law of unintended consequences, continued

I think the European colonization of the Americas is probably the most telling and complete example of the law of unintended consequences, particularly with respect to the strengths and weaknesses of the capitalist system. If the native Americans had any… Continue Reading →

outstanding! superb! fabulous!

outstanding! superb! fabulous! far and away, one of the best days of my life. sunday and monday we were pretty socked in, and snow was falling around us, and we still had a grand time. today, however, the sky cleared,… Continue Reading →

I commit my words to the deep

I commit my words to the deep, and if by some chance they may someday be recovered and bring something — anything at all — with them to you, then let them also bring a blessing, and a caution: as… Continue Reading →

Some weeks ago

Some weeks ago, I left work around noon to go to church for Ash Wednesday. It had been some years since I had done that, but it was a worthwhile experience. These bastards who put down the Catholic church don’t… Continue Reading →

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