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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
DEPRESSED? LOW SELF-ESTEEM? READ THIS.
"Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, simply surrounded by assholes"
William Gibson, sci-fi/cyber-punk novelist
Saturday, August 27, 2011
A SONG DEDICATION TO THE EAST COAST
The following was never one of my favorite REM songs-
(and actually, I basically swore them off once they hit the mainstream)-
but this song has been running through my head lately, for all the obvious reasons.
That's great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane and Lenny Bruce is not afraid.
Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn - world serves its own needs,
dummy serve your own needs.
Feed it off an aux speak, grunt, no, strength, the Ladder start to clatter with fear fight down height.
Wire in a fire, representing seven games, and a government for hire at a combat site.
Left of west and coming in a hurry with the furys breathing down your neck.
Team by team reporters baffled, trumped, tethered cropped.
Look at that low playing. Fine, then. Uh oh, overflow, population, common food,
but it'll do to save yourself, serve yourself. World serves its own needs,
listen to your heart bleed dummy with the Rapture and the revered and the right, right.
You vitriolic, patriotic, slam, fight, bright light, feeling pretty psyched.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.
Six o'clock - TV hour. Don't get caught in foreign towers.
Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn.
Lock it in, uniforming, book burning, blood letting.
Every motive escalate. Automotive incinerate.
Light a candle, light a motive. Step down, step down.
Watch your heel crush, crushed, uh-oh, this means no fear cavalier.
Renegade steer clear! A tournament, tournament, a tournament of lies.
Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives and I decline.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.
The other night I dreamt of knives, continental drift divide.
Mountains sit in a line, Leonard Bernstein. Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs.
Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, boom! You symbiotic, patriotic, slam bug net, right? Right.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine...fine...
(and actually, I basically swore them off once they hit the mainstream)-
but this song has been running through my head lately, for all the obvious reasons.
That's great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane and Lenny Bruce is not afraid.
Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn - world serves its own needs,
dummy serve your own needs.
Feed it off an aux speak, grunt, no, strength, the Ladder start to clatter with fear fight down height.
Wire in a fire, representing seven games, and a government for hire at a combat site.
Left of west and coming in a hurry with the furys breathing down your neck.
Team by team reporters baffled, trumped, tethered cropped.
Look at that low playing. Fine, then. Uh oh, overflow, population, common food,
but it'll do to save yourself, serve yourself. World serves its own needs,
listen to your heart bleed dummy with the Rapture and the revered and the right, right.
You vitriolic, patriotic, slam, fight, bright light, feeling pretty psyched.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.
Six o'clock - TV hour. Don't get caught in foreign towers.
Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn.
Lock it in, uniforming, book burning, blood letting.
Every motive escalate. Automotive incinerate.
Light a candle, light a motive. Step down, step down.
Watch your heel crush, crushed, uh-oh, this means no fear cavalier.
Renegade steer clear! A tournament, tournament, a tournament of lies.
Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives and I decline.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.
The other night I dreamt of knives, continental drift divide.
Mountains sit in a line, Leonard Bernstein. Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs.
Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, boom! You symbiotic, patriotic, slam bug net, right? Right.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it.
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine...fine...
Monday, August 15, 2011
Thank you, Mr. Buffett
"My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress. It's time for our government to get serious about shared sacrifice," The 80-year-old "Oracle of Omaha" wrote in an opinion article in The New York Times.
http://news.yahoo.com/stop-coddling-super-rich-buffett-084140678.html
"Our leaders have asked for 'shared sacrifice.' But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too, were left untouched," Buffett wrote.
http://news.yahoo.com/warren-buffett-says-tax-rich-friends-130042455.html
My neighbor is a relative of Buffett...and he's either underemployed like myself, or coasting on a trust fund--unlike myself.
http://news.yahoo.com/stop-coddling-super-rich-buffett-084140678.html
"Our leaders have asked for 'shared sacrifice.' But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too, were left untouched," Buffett wrote.
http://news.yahoo.com/warren-buffett-says-tax-rich-friends-130042455.html
My neighbor is a relative of Buffett...and he's either underemployed like myself, or coasting on a trust fund--unlike myself.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
NEW PARTY. NEW PARADIGM. NEW (R)EVOLUTION.
Catalyst4Change said: Current political philosophy indeed needs a new paradigm. How about a revival of Deism? Make it based on Secular Humanism with the Jeffersonian "Nature's God" from the DOI to counteract the "athiest" jabs sure to follow. Make it hip via the web and apps, getting the the Gen Z to take notice. Promote for a more informed public and a patriotism that is more literate rather than literal. The kids now may be entitled and narcissitic, but so were we Gen X'ers, then Reaganomics came and turned most into political zombies seduced by greed and status. We cannot let another generation fall that same way. They are expecting a change in 2012 so we need to give them one, but not the doomsday one they expect.
(Comment made on Revolution 21 blog)
http://revolution-21.blogspot.com/2011/08/lullaby-for-working-class.html
(Comment made on Revolution 21 blog)
http://revolution-21.blogspot.com/2011/08/lullaby-for-working-class.html
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
ICED TEA PARTY
"As a teacher, ex-minister and former evangelical...I completely understand Bachmann's delusional worldview. Until we fully and forcefully face these people and their agenda to Christianize America (and on to the rest of the "fallen" world) we are likely to find them spilling like iced tea all over the land."
--Comment by Chris Highland(Muirman) in response to NPR story about Michele Bachmann that can be read by clicking the link below:
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/09/139084313/the-books-and-beliefs-shaping-michele-bachmann
The comments following the story are good to read as well. I made two comments (deedramatic). My favorite comment is the one above, and like some others, hope to encourage "genuine" Christians to speak up against the extreme Evangelical Right Tea Party candidates like Bachmann, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas (famous for his secession comment in '09) and of course, Sarah Palin. Another comment below states:
--Comment by Chris Highland(Muirman) in response to NPR story about Michele Bachmann that can be read by clicking the link below:
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/09/139084313/the-books-and-beliefs-shaping-michele-bachmann
The comments following the story are good to read as well. I made two comments (deedramatic). My favorite comment is the one above, and like some others, hope to encourage "genuine" Christians to speak up against the extreme Evangelical Right Tea Party candidates like Bachmann, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas (famous for his secession comment in '09) and of course, Sarah Palin. Another comment below states:
Monday, August 8, 2011
NATURAL MAGIC
"I believe we reach a terminus of this physics worldview at the watershed of life. Heraclitus was right: Life bubbles forth in a natural magic. We stand to be re-enchanted and may find our way beyond modernity to something very new."
--Stuart Kauffman
http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2011/08/08/139006531/the-end-of-a-physics-worldview-heraclitus-and-the-watershed-of-life
I'm optimistic, and encouraged that there are others out there reaching beyond the status quo, to broaden our horizons, hearts and minds. The link above will lead you to a great article on the NPR website. I made a comment, and the writer also reposted part of it, which really boosts my confidence that continuing this blog is meaningful and necessary.
--Stuart Kauffman
http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2011/08/08/139006531/the-end-of-a-physics-worldview-heraclitus-and-the-watershed-of-life
I'm optimistic, and encouraged that there are others out there reaching beyond the status quo, to broaden our horizons, hearts and minds. The link above will lead you to a great article on the NPR website. I made a comment, and the writer also reposted part of it, which really boosts my confidence that continuing this blog is meaningful and necessary.
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