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 [...]
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- Taking a Break February 4, 2012Site visitors will probably notice that I haven’t updated here frequently. I am taking a break from my site(s) for at least the summer. I’ve been working in this field for 25 years and I’m burned out on photography and art, the site(s) are in need of major updates/ revamping/ retooling, social media is exhausting, [...] […]
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- Mambu Badu’s Inaugural Magazine February 4, 2012Danielle was briefly a contributor to this site; I am very excited to hear about her latest venture, the collective and now journal Mambu Badu “that seek to find, expose, and nurture emerging female photographers of African descent.”  Congrats, Danielle! As you may (or may not) know, last fall, I co-founded Mambu Badu, a photography collective […]