• Podcast-aways

    Here are my favorite podcast subscriptions. There’s something for everyone. Well, maybe not you. Twelve Byzantine RulersThis history of the Byzantine Empire is a lecture series written and presented by Mr. Lars Brownworth who teaches history at The Stony Brook… more ›

  • “conversant on existentialism”

    After hearing about yesterday’s NPR article “For Shakira, an Emotional Homecoming Show,” I imagined an encounter between Shakira, Beyonce, and French existentialist Jean Paul Sartre. Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is. Shakira: (Twisting Beyonce’s hair into… more ›

  • “conversant on existentialism”

    After hearing about yesterday’s NPR article “For Shakira, an Emotional Homecoming Show,” I imagined an encounter between Shakira, Beyonce, and French existentialist Jean Paul Sartre. Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is. Shakira: (Twisting Beyonce’s hair into… more ›

  • Minority Report, or Little Frankie’s Big Gay Dallas Election, Part 2

    Here’s the link if you want to see the anti-homo political promo promising a Starf*cks of one’s own … unless you take it up the ass. As if living through the death of political culture in the United States wasn’t… more ›

  • Minority Report, or Little Frankie’s Big Gay Dallas Election, Part 2

    Here’s the link if you want to see the anti-homo political promo promising a Starf*cks of one’s own … unless you take it up the ass. As if living through the death of political culture in the United States wasn’t… more ›

  • Beaver Dreams

    I’ve taken this magic little pill (Rozerem) for the past two nights: the first night I dreamed I bludgeoned two people whom I love, last night I barely slept at all, and for the past two days I’ve felt stoned… more ›

  • Beaver Dreams

    I’ve taken this magic little pill (Rozerem) for the past two nights: the first night I dreamed I bludgeoned two people whom I love, last night I barely slept at all, and for the past two days I’ve felt stoned… more ›

  • Marked by the trace and the testament

    Derrida’s Learning to Live Finally–his last interview before dying in October 2004–is a brilliant testament to learning, living, and loving. This little book arrived today, and I eagerly read it in its entirety this afternoon. Here are a few of… more ›

  • Marked by the trace and the testament

    Derrida’s Learning to Live Finally–his last interview before dying in October 2004–is a brilliant testament to learning, living, and loving. This little book arrived today, and I eagerly read it in its entirety this afternoon. Here are a few of… more ›

  • One Old Message, or Little Frankie’s Big Gay Dallas Election

    Yeah, this shit was left on my answering machine Saturday. My commentary is in brackets. Hello. Crime, education & homosexuality are the three hot issues in the mayor’s race Saturday, June 16th. [Actually, the hottest issue of the Dallas mayoral… more ›