sharon olds is my new hero

So this is a week or so old, but it’s great: http://www.poetsagainstthewar.org/sharonolds.asp
We went to the anti-war protest in San Francisco yesterday; you know, it always seems important to be counted. I have to say it was disappointing, lackluster even. It was the same old choir of Bay Area lefties trading flyers for mostly the same [...]

damn spam

Okay, so I notice I got some spam here in the comments so I’ve instituted word verification for posts. I hope that stops it.

Fazal Sheikh–2005 MacArthur Fellow

Could I be more happy? Another of my beautiful, dear friends gets his genius props! Maybe 2005 hasn’t been a total waste. Congrats, Fazal!

and now for something completely different…

I’m announcing the re-release of a t-shirt first designed in conjunction with my graduate thesis project, the reinvention of a children’s playground in Santa Ana, CA. I’ve gotten so many inquiries about the t-shirt since, that it’s coming out again, thanks to the print-on-demand possibilities of cafepress.com.
Above is the design on the front. The t-shirt [...]

Rep McKinney Special Order Censored?

http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=8235
by Rep Cynthia McKinney
I mentioned the word impeachment on the House Floor Thursday late afternoon, but I don’t see it in the official Congressional Record transcript. I was chided by the Speaker that it was out of order to question the President’s motives. I didn’t question motives, I questioned actions: from lack of actions on [...]