Xy had her sixth graders write poetry. They were to write cinquains, somewhat in the style invented by Adelaide Crapsey, but simplified: one word for…
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Xy had her sixth graders write poetry. They were to write cinquains, somewhat in the style invented by Adelaide Crapsey, but simplified: one word for…
The wound on my knee is now completely scabbed over. It is sore as a motherfucker, especially around the edges where the skin that’s left…
The North County Times is running a story titled “For local atheist, Southwest County no paradise” about an activist in California. I’m sure this is…
Wiped out just as I started my morning jog — tripped over an uneven sidewalk and went down hard. That’s my knee. Actually it’s not…
Xy and I were at Tyler’s for beer and 10 cent oysters — typical Monday night. We met an old-time local guy who had last…
Christopher Reeve died yesterday. He was an atheist.
Tonight I attended the first meeting of an eight-week anarchist study group organized by John Clark, a former disciple of Murray Bookchin. (It appears they…
The rain has not been constant. But almost. Turns out it’s Tropical Storm Matthew. I’d said it rains a lot here in New Orleans. This…
If I was in this town hall debate tonight and I got to put a question to Kerry, this is what I’d ask: Back when…
It’s raining in New Orleans. Nothing unusual about that; we get half again as much rain annually as famously rainy Seattle. But it’s been dry…
The school year usually starts with a flurry of activity and a burst of optimism. Then everybody gets in their groove and things chug along…
I set up a blog for MF. (She had tried using Blogger’s free hosting service, at my suggestion, but discovered that it’s blocked by the…
Xy’s string of bad luck continues… On Monday she got a parking ticket while at the library, getting books for her students. On Tuesday she…
When Xy came home today, I was upstairs in the kitchen. I called down to her, to say hello. She said “Wait ’til you see…
For years, whenever I have referred to myself as an atheist, some friends have inevitably made a suggestion: Perhaps I should call myself an agnostic.…
Over the last three months Xy & I have watched rented a bunch of DVDs from Netflix. Since I’ve been proceeding through my list in…
Connie Rice has a great list of Top 10 Secrets They Don’t Want You to Know About the Debates. There’s plenty of scandalous stuff here…
Holy shit! David Cobb is on Slashdot today. I guess I missed the initial call for questions last week. Today, they feature David’s answers to…
The Kerry-Bush debate inspired me. It inspired me to donate $35 to David Cobb’s campaign.