“The socialism I believe in is not really politics. It is a way of living. It is humanity. I believe the only way to live and to be truly successful is by collective effort, with everyone working for each other, everyone helping each other, and everyone having a share of the rewards at the end [...]
Dear Ray Bradbury, I’m writing you this letter and posting it to my blog, even though I’m pretty positive you’ll never read it, because you’re a cranky old man who hates the internet. But on this, your 90th birthday, I have something to say to you, and this is my best forum for saying things [...]
Last night, Berkie and I were driving to hang out with some friends. I was playing a Robyn Hitchcock CD, and the song “Balloon Man” came on. We stopped at an intersection. Brooke pointed to a compact car on the other side of the intersection. It was designed so that the headlights and grill looked [...]
I recently decided to take a hiatus from the Library Society of the World. I’ve got a lot going on in my personal life (that I don’t really feel like talking about here) (but in case anyone’s worried, let me reassure you, it’s good stuff, not bad), plus a lot going on at work, and [...]
I just deleted my Facebook account. Why? In part it’s because of my concerns over Facebook’s frequent changing of the goalposts when it comes to privacy. But even more, it’s Facebook’s growth as an all-purpose internet site. To my mind, Facebook is trying to be AOL 2.0–a site that provides you with email, IM, image [...]
From my dear friend Mary Carmen Chimato: If life were easy and didn’t scare us from time to time it wouldn’t be nearly as fun or adventurous. It also wouldn’t provide us with the opportunities to change, evolve, and grow. We can choose to look at the hard times very negatively or we can choose [...]
I just flew in from San Francisco and, boy, are my arms–sorry. Let’s not go there. A couple of months ago, in the heart of an extremely cold and snowy winter, I suddenly had an urge to be in San Francisco. I was born there, but we moved away when I was about a year [...]
For the past 3 or 4 years, I’ve ended the year by saying, “Boy, the past year sucked! I hope the next year is better.” It’s gotten ridiculous, yet I still maintain my optimism that the next year will be better than the preceding year. In keeping with this tradition, I have to say, 2009 [...]
This is it. Forty. The Big 4-0. In a lot of ways, I don’t feel 40. I haven’t found any grey hairs. I still get pimples. I get back pain, but that’s been true for at least the past 10 years. I still read comics, I still watch cartoons, I still play with Legos, I [...]
Light a candle against the darkness. Now we all start heading back towards the light.
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