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Archive for June, 2008
Reviving Wisteria
Website design has become specialized and exact. But sometimes I miss the old, magical web. I long to recreate it.
Viva la Vida
Be my mirror, my sword, my shield. Woah…….
Blackness in American Political Narrative
I was on the radio this morning talking about Barack Obama and whether or not he would really be “the first black president” (which honor apparently goes to Warren G[angsta]. Harding, secret Negro president) because, according to some people, his being half white makes him not black.
It doesn’t. It doesn’t in any way negate his [...]
A Little Cookie In My Blog
Writers are manipulative bastards.
I can say that, as a writer, though it is somewhat disingenuous, as I am primarily (though not solely) a non-fiction writer, and it is largely fiction writers who are the soul suckers of the universe.
I say that with the most love and respect, of course.
I am sitting on my couch, eating [...]
Writing They Will Remember
If you read my last post, it might not come as a surprise that I have recently decided to take the bull by the horns and jump ship. (Wow, those metaphors don’t really work together, for several reasons. All the same, I’m going to leave that sentence alone, because the imagery makes me chuckle. And [...]
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Technologies of Validation
October 7, 2008I turn the television on because I relish the white noise. Twitter provides companionship and even consequence without the commitment.
Can’t Get Smart on Junk
October 6, 2008Junk food web produces junk food brains. The savior of education needs an overhaul and our commitment to writing better.
Technical Poet, Redefined
October 3, 2008From one blog to two and back to one again. Simplicity in form produces complexity in function. Re-introducing Technical poet.
