Posted in words on June 29th, 2008 No Comments »
Murray says it is possible to be homesick for a place even when you are there.
Archive for June, 2008
not a good week to be a kid in america
Posted in current events on June 15th, 2008 2 Comments »
On this beautiful Father’s Day weekend, can I just pause for a moment to say: What the fuck is
wrong with you, America?
Never mind the War On Terror – apparently the hot new thing is the War On Kids.
In other news, Obama spent Father’s Day speaking to an African-American group in Chicago about how [...]
delillo on tourism
Posted in amusing, words on June 15th, 2008 No Comments »
Several days later Murray asked me about a tourist attraction known as the most photographed barn in America. We drove 22 miles into the country around Farmington. There were meadows and apple orchards. White fences trailed through the rolling fields. Soon the signs started appearing. THE MOST PHOTOGRAPHED BARN [...]
all the things i knew i didn’t know and didn’t want to know /
Posted in music, words on June 15th, 2008 No Comments »
that you told me just to tell me later that you told me so /
come flooding back to me now
on the rain-slick precipice of darkness
Posted in amusing, gaming, geekiness on June 1st, 2008 3 Comments »
Some of you may know that I sometimes lean toward a more liberal interpretation of copyright laws, particularly in the matter of PC games. On the other hand I always do make an effort to reward the folks who are doing really good work; those are the games I buy at least one copy [...]