I’ve been banging my skull against so many brick walls this past week trying to come up with something worth saying here, and saying it in some worthwhile manner. Nothing comes. So I will simply wish everyone a happy holiday… more ›

While living in L’viv, Ukraine, six years ago, I saw some amazing works by Polish artist Jacek Malczewski. His 1910 Christ Before Pilate (oil on board, 65 X 80.5 cm, 25.6″ X 31.7″) overwhelmed me with its cynical nonchalance and… more ›

Nativity scene bought from the Christmas catalog, 1974. Joseph, Mary, and Baby Jesus—painted plastic figurines: deities from a catalog. Model number. Page number. Quantity: 1. Each sheet used as toilet paper at my grandparents’ outhouse. From desire to pure shit.… more ›

Get this straight: I abhor standardized exams, especially those given at the national or international level. The first person to have put the letters G, R, and E or S, A, and T together in that order is hopefully burning… more ›

… the quality of being just; fairness;the principle of moral rightness; equity;conformity to moral rightness in action or attitude; righteousness;the upholding of what is just, especially fair treatment and due reward in accordance with honor, standards, or law;law; the administration… more ›

Every abstraction is rooted in material reality. Every thought in my head grows out of an organic, physical body. There would be no dream if there were not first a trunk and limbs encasing this vast network of blood and… more ›

“The way he says I-what he means when he says I-decides where a man belongs and where he goes. The word “I” is the true shibboleth of humanity.” -Buber To write is to betray. There is not a single word… more ›

There’s something I need to tell you about your mother: she ain’t so innocent after all. I heard what she said. I saw what she did. And when she thought you weren’t looking, she slipped me a note: I won’t… more ›

Small blotches on the skin. Infected. Red. No matter how I force myself not to scratch, not to notice, I always catch sight of them. And always scratch. Too late to notice the skin is broken and bleeding. I seem… more ›

Last night I watched Frontline: The Age of AIDS. The first (retroactively) known case of HIV infection was 1959 … probably due to a viral jump from chimpanzees that took place sometime before 1931. And in the past 25 years,… more ›