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Archive for February, 2008

On Turban Etiquette

February 29th, 2008

On Turban Etiquette Obama got in on a sunny day in August, 2006. The tarmac was flawless and the click of highly polished dignitary shoes on special airplane asphalt seemed right to him. He wondered where they sold something the kids wouldn’t be freaked out about eating. He used the bathroom and couldn’t figure out […]

On Consolation

February 22nd, 2008

On Consolation Hillary, Hillary, I rival your sadness with empathy, Well-meaning lost traveler on sympathy’s path. Compromise wasn’t easy at first, laying down Youthful hopes in the face of impossible odds. Stripped of vigor, a bureaucrat is formed – Freshly buffed and barcoded. When aspirations turn to lax inclinations, Hope’s aperture wanes. Hillary, when he […]

Election

February 15th, 2008

This week, we were supposed to have an entry about kitchen utensils. Utensils from childhood that captured your imagination as a kid like that wire thing that cuts your eggs. But that article is shelved for the time being in favor of something else. I want to start a new series of Friday entries for […]

Against My Truer Judgment

February 8th, 2008

Against my Truer Judgment I don’t want to accomplish. I don’t want to strive. I don’t want to make something of myself. I don’t want to be smart. I want to be an intelligent failure, a voided check, a serial reject. I want to write pages of babel that flow into the pit of nevermind, […]

Truth Like Fine Felt/My Love of English Ivy

February 1st, 2008

February’s update is again in the art section, and is part of the continuing series that uses unwanted/damaged clothing and accessories as canvas. This time we have a handbag. Enjoy. Varley February’s update is again in the art section, and is part of the continuing series that uses unwanted/damaged clothing and accessories as canvas. This […]

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