… but then, it’s Tuesday afternoon and they’re on the front porch of a hot church, taking a break from chanting their cathecism for the last half-hour, military-drill style. I would be screaming too.
Month: September 2003
DJ Deko-ze
During the Chuseok holidays many of my friends went to visit people they know from as long ago as high school or elementary school. I got to thinking about an old friend I met in high school, who was my best friend at that time, and whose secret email address I have lost (because of that computer death that happened not long ago). His personal email address is secret because, well… because he’s a great DJ of the sort that plays, you know, that dreadful bass-heavy blippy techno music you hear at raves… He’s also a super little guy named …
Smashing a Stupid Argument Against Gay Marriage
Gallamine.com – William Cox I was following one of the blogsnob links served up to my webpage when I came across William Cox’s page Gallamine. While looking about I came across a ludicrous little article on why banning gay marriage is just. So I posted the following comment there, responding to others comments and then to the article itself, and decided to reproduce it here because it’s long enough to warrant reposting and because I think I argue well.
Declinism and America
Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Ideas / That sinking feeling Is America on the decline? That’s the premise of the novel I am working on, but it’s not as if I came up with the idea. Here’s a fascinating article looking at the various theories alleging America is, or is not, on the decline. I agree with the final point, at least, which is: Maybe civilizations do not devolve, as theorists of decline fear, but rather evolve, as from Darwin’s tangled bank where there is no perfection, merely complexity and fluxand where there is always something growing where …
French Whining…
Jus de raisin Oops. I mean, French Wining. Ha. My friend Jean Louis’ French-language blog about wine. I think I shall practice my French reading here before I leap headfirst in the French edition of Fontaine that I bought in Thailand… Also, notice the title. Jus de raisin… it means grape juice, but there are also some possible pun meanings. They are, he tells me, unintended.