It's just me yo.
No, really. THIS is how I do it.
I think about a lot of random stuff and I like to write it down. I believe in a lot of things and I think an equal amount of stuff is total crap. I am a cynical optimist. I am real. I like synchronicity and idiosyncrasy. My brain works quickly, which does not guarantee accuracy but is not A.D.D. Usually my mouth works even more quickly. I thought being really tall and living in Asia was pretty cool; but I am super glad to be back in California now. I want to be happy, bendy and satisfied... Because really, who wouldn't?-
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Tag Archives: Hunter S. Thompson
Bob Herbert gets it. I wish the GOP did.
Today one of my students was telling me that he got stumped by one of his university interview questions over the weekend. Considering the student as well as the outcome, I am going to have to say “stumped” is a … Continue reading
Posted in Absurd Shit, Politics
Tagged Baby Killer, Bob Herbert, class, congress, David Frum, decorum, Generation of Swine, Health Care Reform Bill, Hunter S. Thompson, partisan hacks, partisan politics, political hacks, political parties, Politics, President Obama, Presidential politics, Randy Neugebauer, Twitter
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Fog, Full Moons and Obituaries.
Tonight will be a perigee moon. Perigee means the point in the orbit of a heavenly body, especially the moon, or of an artificial satellite at which it is nearest to the earth. However, it is unlikely I will have … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged death, Donald Justice, fog, Full moon, Hong Kong, Howard Zinn, Hunter S. Thompson, J.D. Salinger, obituaries, perigee moon, pollution, teaching, The Fog, TOK, weather, Writing
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Travel (Writing).
Every time I have the opportunity to take a trip – big, small, exotic, mundane, work-related, totally frivolous, near, far – I am grateful. I am grateful for the opportunity, the variety and the inherent surprises that come even when … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Geography, Perception, Travel, Writing
Tagged Asia, Bill Bryson, cultural geography, Ewan McGregor, Fear and Loathing, Geography, Hunter S. Thompson, John Steinbeck, Long Way Round, Michael Crichton, Motorcycle Diaries, placelessness, Saigon, sense of place, Shutterbabe, teaching, The Lost Continent, The Rabbit Proof Fence, topophilia, Travel, Travels with Charley, Wendy Dale, Writing, Yi-Fu Tuan
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Big things happen on Fridays… If you’re crafty.
It is not Friday in Hong Kong right now. It is Saturday morning. And I am at work, which is a redundant statement, as I have already mentioned I am in Hong Kong. Fridays however, have gotten my attention. Big … Continue reading
Posted in Home, Life, Lists, Movies, Music, Silliness
Tagged #followfriday, @reply, Benicio del Toro, Bertrand Russell, Hunter S. Thompson, John Cusack, live music, San Diego, Street Scene, The Beastie Boys, the friday five, Tim Armstrong, Twitter
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And so it is… A Generation of Swine.
“In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upwardly mobile—and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. We owe that to ourselves … Continue reading
Posted in Absurd Shit, Politics
Tagged fear-mongering, Hunter S. Thompson, nuclear testing, Pandemics, Pigs in Space, Swine Flu
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