No Code. . . the freedom of no paper - no code - no choice. No choice but to pull up my trousers and search for truth, the truth of the allocation of limited resources as the driving force behind all civilization. In the next life or in the next stall, we may find a full roll, or perhaps a spotless shitless world; a utopia where lasagna is digested and transformed into fashionable sportswear. (Steve "Moon" Raker)(Untitled)- March 29, 2005 I've resisted, God knows I've resisted. There didn't seem to be any point to writing about the unfortunate Terri Schiavo and her equally unfortunate family. It's a sad situation that should have been allowed to play out quietly. But a look at CNN.com was all it took to weaken my resolve. And all it took from CNN was to quote Ms. Schiavo's sister Suzanne Vitadamo who, it is reported, said that Terri "is wide awake and very responsive." What kind of crack-fueled delusion is she having Is she...http://blogs.salon.com/0001196/2005/03/29.html#a537 (Untitled)- March 29, 2005 For a welcome break from the news, pick up the BBC's program on DVD, "The Blue Planet." It is amazing, awe-inspiring, fierce, beautiful and a wonderful antidote to the arrogance of human beings. Eight one-hour programs about a largely unseen world that is bigger, stranger and far more interesting than we might have imagined.http://blogs.salon.com/0001196/2005/03/28.html#a536 (Untitled)- March 21, 2005 Yeah, I know. I've been lazy or busy or zoned or something. I'll get busy pretty soon and write something. Saw "The Fight Club" last week. It was OK, but way over-rated and nearly as violent as "The Passion of Christ". It was probably the biggest budget homoerotic zen-nihilist film ever made. But Ed Norton is a great actor and worth the price all by himself. Later . . .http://blogs.salon.com/0001196/2005/03/21.html#a535 (Untitled)- March 15, 2005 I took Mark Hoback's suggestion and visited formerlyROSIE. I was not disappointed and you won't be either. A lovely sample: here is what I think teachers need to be paid more the war in iraq is wrong george bush is a disaster - dangerous for the world racism exisits and sucks nurses rock and derserve more respect too few people have too much of the money and most of them don't want to share shocking to me i believe in democracy in freedom in peace equality and art choose the light be.http://blogs.salon.com/0001196/2005/03/14.html#a534 (Untitled)- March 11, 2005 I got the most annoying computer phone call yesterday. That is something I normally hang up on, but this was from the pharmacy that fills my mail-order prescriptions. The computer voice, which required voice responses from me, was annoyingly perky. There was even a hint of a giggle when it said "Thank you". If ever a computer deserved to be slapped . . . I sent in my scripts and they wanted to confirm that I was willing to pay the co-payment - like I had a lot of choice: $190 total. Hey,...http://blogs.salon.com/0001196/2005/03/11.html#a533 (Untitled)- March 4, 2005 Rat Sandwich A long time ago, I was the news director of a very small radio station in Southern Maryland. One of the things I had to do to clear stories off the AP teletype machine and choose which to read as part of the regional news. There was a story one day that I knew I could never pass up: someone in Baltimore was suing the local chain bakery because he found a rat baked into a loaf of bread. My mind, ever helpful started to wander. The story seemed incomplete; there were questions to...http://blogs.salon.com/0001196/2005/03/04.html#a532 (Untitled)- March 1, 2005 "The ocean is enticing and deadly, a cradle and a stranger, a place of lulling peace that, in the end, isn't our home." - Wanda AdamsSurfing isn't a spectator sport. The men and women on surfboards aren't interested in the opinions and approval of those content to sit above the beach and watch. Their concerns are narrow and focused: the size of the waves, their shape and speed, which wave to sit out and which to mount like an explorer trying to balance on the back of a running elephant. There...http://blogs.salon.com/0001196/2005/03/01.html#a531 |