On being young and in love
See, there was this girl…. That’s a really bad way to start a blog entry, especially when you’ve been happily married for nearly twenty years. But I’m thinking Veronica will understand (let’s hope!!!) since I’m…
Month: April 2012
An Interview with Jackie Trippier Holt
A couple of months ago I read a fantastically interesting novel called Annie, the Doll, its Thief, And Her Lover by Jackie Trippier Holt. The book follows the return of Kate to the industrial north of…
Book Review: Septic Zombie by Aquila Robinson
I want to tell you about a book I read today which amazed and delighted me. It was brought to my attention by Jeremy Robinson, the insanely prolific author of the Antarktos saga and a whole…
Here comes the Bad Boss
“Charles, I think you’ve been falsifying your time sheets.” I was speechless. It was 1995, and I was in the early stages of getting the National Gulf War Resource Center started, not long after Veronica…
Teenagers are evil
So, it’s my mission in my life to be a good, calm, patient parent. That’s why I found myself the other night literally banging my head into a door, saying something articulate and meaningful to…
Revisiting an old topic: what does it feel like to kill
So, I’m revisiting this topic. Why? It’s come up in conversation a couple of times recently, first of all. Second, in looking at the statistics on my blog, I realized that over the course of…
No second chances
Sitting on the rooftop of the New Swedish Hostel, a sharp cool breeze cut through my shirt. I hunkered down and shivered. It was still fairly early in the morning, and a few moments before…
Holy cow. Wow.
You may have already seen this over on Gawker, but if not, check out Carrie Manolakos’s cover of Radiohead’s Creep. She’s a former Broadway singer with a new album out, which I’ll be checking out…
You never know what will happen
What is the thing I most love about my job? I never know what is going to happen. What is the thing I hate the most about my job? I never know what is going…
Building the habit of writing
Back in the day, some years ago, I used to routinely write in my blog, as well as essays for various internet websites like AlterNet, Common Dreams, Antiwar.com and others. But long before that ……