Life Of Community
Costco hot dog and 20 oz. pop: $1.50 Costco French Fries: $2.29 40 minutes alone with my thoughts and fancies …
Tag Archives: culture
Too Big (Complex) To Fail…
Was it early last week that an asteroid larger than the biggest football colosseum known passed close by our cozy …
Streams Of Consciousness
So I’m sitting at the poker table last night trying patiently to recoup some early losses. When I tire of …
Before Blogs, There Was… Courage?
I was standing in front of the ‘Recent Arrivals’ shelf in a bookstore down a few steps from the busy …
Even Outside The Box… Is Box!
Last weekend a family friend, I’ll call her Robyn, was over for dinner with her two young boys. While the …
Home Sick
“Daddy, I’m puking!” Ah, the sweet open innocence of youth! But is this a harbinger of things to come? For …
Saturday Afternoon And The World Of Art
Saturday afternoon and I am strolling along Ninth Avenue. The sun is high and the air is unseasonably warm. People …
Economic Malaise….Systemic or Soulstemic?
The Wall Street Protests are nearing the one month mark and showing no sign of abating. In fact, the movement …
Hardwired For Heroes
Do you here that? bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk! It’s the sound of the hero’s fall in James Joyce’s hallucinatory behemoth Finnegans Wake. And …
A Knight’s Tale… Finis
After dinner yesterday I slipped quietly out the back door and rather than stop by the local pub for an …
Omphalos Cafe 