Iroquois Steeplechase: An Intimate Portrait of Self Absorption

Patriotism is Not a Song Long before we reached the park we could see lines of cars and trucks back up upon the nearest intersection. We descended at a crazy angel to a spot a long way down the hill

Letter to Wilhelm,

Dear Wilhelm, Two weeks have passed since I arrived in Honduras. I truly wish you would take an extended vacation and join me here.  I know your job in the city supports your habits, but the shaded trails and endless

How America Stopped Fearing One Man and Elected Another

The future asks from us nothing but humanity demands everything. Around 11pm, after the polls closed and the president was re elected, all 50 states sighed with the relief that months of arguing had ended for a short while.The season

Music: The Low Hanging Fruit of the Universe

I admire ingenuity more than anything. Any subsistence that creates deserves admiration. In a sense, I admire the totality of existence along with every intricate part, even though, and often, intrinsically in regard to human social behavior, solid disagreement predates

Favorite Reads from the Week

Below are my three favorite articles from the week. Mitt Romney’s Dark Night by Jason Zengerle in GQ If you think Mitt Romney is too mild, too “golly gee,” too Mormon, to survive the shark tank of a modern presidential

Perverted Politicians Take Over Charlotte

Profane politicians and juggling quick chanting slogan artists with large brain box foreheads stalk the media tent like hyenas expecting to tug at the tit of whatever politician is released from the interrogation quarters of wobbling heads, now for the