• Zen Pogrom

    There seems to be a polypUp there–Doctor said, shovingHis big negro fingers in my face.I don’t like to use terms like “infect” or “colonize”–It sounds so anthropomorphic.Like God.But there’s definitely something there.I can feel it, I think, when I’m about… more ›

  • Something I never do …

    … is reply to these chain-mail Q&A things. But for some reason I was in a good enough mood to try something different this morning, so here goes: GENERALa. Ever been so drunk you blacked out? Yes, a handful of… more ›

  • Radiant Vega

    The Suzanne Vega concert at the Granada Theater Saturday evening was just what the doctor ordered (if my doctor had any sense or insight into my various & several maladies). Arriving shortly before opening act Susan Gibson took the stage,… more ›

  • Post-Carrots, Post-Sticks

    At least I’d like to think I’ve somehow managed to move beyond both carrots and sticks, but when the sky overhead is darkening and I’m feeling what I’m feeling (in that conditioned feeling sort of way), I can’t think of… more ›

  • The letter to the editor I should have written

    I wonder if the editors of The Dallas Morning News read their editorials out loud before printing them. Your argument that Menezes’ death was caused by the terrorists instead of the police officers who pulled the trigger could not be… more ›

  • Panic on the streets of London

    By the time the third bullet entered Jean Charles de Menezes’ head, I’d like to think this thing called “Western civilization” still had a chance to live. But then: bullet #4. Bullet #5. Bullet #6. Bullet #7. Since watching the… more ›

  • a beautiful thing–like glass, like gossamer, like a mimosa bloom–surrounded by thistles

    These words are my attempt to describe Gregg Araki’s latest film Mysterious Skin, based on the novel by Scott Heim. It is such a lush, gorgeous film about such tragic and disturbing things that you almost wish it was about… more ›

  • My life suddenly came into focus when I learned to channel my anger into rap music

    After getting pissed off this afternoon with the video rental shop that has found it necessary to charge me more than $15 for a return that was absolutely not late and then to not respond to a letter I wrote… more ›

  • Body Counts

    While I was driving home last night from teaching, I heard a report on The World about Iraq Body Count, an organization that is attempting to document all civilians killed in this illegal & immoral war. The numbers don’t scare… more ›

  • Delusions of Adequacy

    Yes! I’ve finally found the answer to that age-old question: What do most of my friends suffer from? I, of course, suffer from delusions of entitlement, thinking I’m somehow entitled to better friends than these…. Here is a short list… more ›