I was planning on writing a poem this evening, but all I've got coming up right now is sheer gratitude for the kind of life I get to live because of the generous support of my patrons and the circulation of my work by my
While we're all waiting to find out what's happening with Julian Assange, I thought it might be fun to do a little Q & A with my readers to pass the time while that singularly important crisis resolves. I asked for some questions on social
When journalist Elizabeth Vos told me on Twitter today that one of my posts should be on bumper stickers, coffee mugs and t-shirts, my first thought was, "Man, I don't have time for that." And my second thought was, "But hey, maybe some other people
The word "halitosis" is a household term which everyone knows means bad breath. But did you know that the word has been around for less than a hundred years, and was invented not by the medical field, but by advertisers?Back in the 1920s, people didn't
This is pretty embarrassing to write about, partly because it involves a sensitive personal issue and partly because I know I screwed up and fell into a trap. But I think the information is important enough to put out there, just to make readers aware
Our predicament is simple to describe.Since the dawn of civilization, powerful individuals have controlled the stories people tell themselves about who they are, who's in charge, how a good citizen behaves, what groups should be loved, what groups should be hated, and what's really going
It's a relatively slow news day so I thought it might be good to just tap out a few responses to common criticisms of the writing I've been doing since I started this gig two and a half years ago. I try to put all
One rebel made dissident mini-zines in his parents' basement, and left them in laundromats, buses and trains.One rebel attended antiwar demonstrations for decades, getting arrested eleven times.One rebel carried a sharpie with him everywhere and wrote "the tv is lying to you" in bathroom stalls.One rebel left the
All the old ideas for uprooting the status quo have failed. I point this out not to depress people, but to persuade them to stop twisting on locked doorknobs. The old ideas don't work, so we need new ones.The political process has failed. Capitalism has
The network censors have pixelated your heart chakra and placed a thick black stripe over your third eye.Agent Smith bats dangle from the inside of your skull, saying "You are finite, Mister Anderson, and the world is exactly as it seems."Milky-eyed smog clones form long lines waiting for small