Home — Finding Place in Poetry
Jun 27, 2021
SAVE THE DATE! Sunday, July 18th, 3:00-4:00 pm Use this link to join the Zoom poetry reading, Featured Readers: Mark Smith-Soto, Iris Tillman, Fred
The Great 2021 Gasoline Shortage
May 13, 2021
fun & beer
– As I recall, the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers used to say Beer will get you through times of no gasoline better than gasoline will get you
A Monument to the Union Victory
May 6, 2021
A good friend of mine asks on Facebook: Why aren’t there Union victory monuments or monuments to abolitionists? This question reminded me of the
Quotations
Apr 19, 2021
Why does [Judith] Butler prefer to write in this teasing, exasperating way? The style is certainly not unprecedented. Some precincts of the
You say “Naomi”, I say “Naomi”…
Apr 19, 2021
communication & language
From Bloomberg Business Week Facebook Sees WhatsApp As Its Future, Antitrust Suit or Not Will Cathcart, the head of WhatsApp My wife and I
Self-Ignorance
Apr 18, 2021
self-ignorance
By Adam Zagajewski Translated by Clare Cavanagh Found in NY Times Magazine I don’t believe we humans have any special form of self-knowledge or
Think about the reflection in a person’s eyes
Apr 18, 2021
I found this image on Facebook but I couldn’t find its source. The photo is interesting for several reasons. Notice the reflections in Helen
Abraham Piper, Exvangelical
Apr 13, 2021
religion
Today’s NY Times had an article on Abraham Piper entitled Pastor’s Son Left Faith, Becoming an Evangelical Critic for a New Flock on TikTok. It was
The Georgia Voter Suppression Law
Apr 6, 2021
politics
When I first read about Georgia’s new voting law, it sounded as if some parts of it were okay. For example, Republicans say that Sunday voting is
COVID-19 vaccines and older so-called conservatives
Mar 24, 2021
politics
I can’t understand how older people can refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Younger people have not lived through the amazing vaccines
Post Vaccination Haircut
Mar 23, 2021
misc
Me with 14-month-long hair Plus Big Mike Equals this
Passover and the Power of Jewish Continuity
Mar 21, 2021
identity
Telling the story of the Exodus from Egypt allows Jews to share a spiritual experience across time and space by Gerson, Mark. Wall Street Journal
My Highly Unexpected Heterosexual Pandemic Zoom Wedding
Mar 21, 2021
psychology
Laurie Penny The singled-out quotations are mine. We were in the middle of promising to grow old together when the sound cut out. The officiant’s
The Dirtiest Story in the Decameron
Mar 14, 2021
When I was living in Gafsa, back in 1964-66 on my first tour in Tunisia, I got a copy of Boccaccio’s Decameron. I got it because my French knowledge
Cross tattoos on faces of North African women
Mar 14, 2021
I remember being surprised to see women with crosses tattooed on their faces when I was in the Peace Corps in Tunisia. I came to realize that North
George Hussein Entenman
Mar 7, 2021
Why is my Facebook name George Hussein Entenman? In my case, I was outraged when Rush Limbaugh (may he be burning in Hell) constantly repeated
I can’t believe how funny Andy Borowitz is
Mar 6, 2021
borowitz-report He manages to be consistently funny. Easter Bunny New QAnon Theory Predicts Trump Will
I left a comment on PoliticsNC
Mar 5, 2021
politics & friends
I commented on a guest article on PoliticsNC: Tom, your buddy Rick Henderson is indeed a Libertarian. Libertarians are those people who talk freedom
How is it possible to steal Bitcoin?
Mar 4, 2021
security
I posted the following question to Facebook a couple of days ago: I hope this isn’t a stupid question, but how do people steal Bitcoin or other
We need another Sputnik
Mar 3, 2021
politics
Quotes from Politics & Ideas: How to Step Up the Tech Fight Against China - WSJ 2021-03-03. I found the article through my public library
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