writers block. jesus i cant even write a decent post. instead i leave you with this trite shite. so frustrated/bored/impatient. this is the worst part. i blame the distractions. namely, this computer sitting in front of me connect to this inner-net. so many temptations to surf the web for nothing, junk. what is this, what [...]

I hope that everyone had a good Thanksgiving. I’m a notorious grinch when it comes to any holiday, but I’ve gotta admit, it was a relaxing couple of days at my grandparents’ house in Palm Desert. Good food, lots of food, sleeping in, warm conversations with warm mugs of coffee and tea. And of course, [...]

I’m scanning in, meta-tagging, and organizing all my old photos right now. I had forgotten just how much I miss holding an old school SLR camera and shooting in black and white. Until I get a better digital camera, taking pictures just isn’t the same. I took this shot in a tucked away Parisian plaza [...]

There is a scene in Milan Kundera’s Farewell Waltz that keeps replaying in my head these past couple of weeks. I’ll save you the details, but esentially, the protagonist – after a lifetime of politics – comes to the conclusion that beauty is eternal while politics is forever in flux. In classic Kundera form, he [...]

I wanna live with a cinnamon girl, I could be happy the rest of my life, With a cinnamon girl. A dreamer of pictures, I run in the night You see us together, chasing the moonlight, My cinnamon girl. Ten silver saxes, a bass with a bow The drummer relaxes and waits between shows For [...]

Sup y’all. While we all fine tune our arguments against HP, I’ve got a public service announcement. Our nearest and dearest Elena from Elenamary.com is scrounging up some cabbage for a Louisiana Road Trip for a New Majority. So if you feel like you coulda done more this past election … and you’re employed … [...]

Before I begin with my case against gay marriage, I want to make a note that my argument is based on the act of homosexuality, not the person. In addition, I make no judgement, good or bad, about homosexuality in general. The gay marriage debate is perceived by many as a debate about gays. It [...]

DISCLAIMER-As much as I appreciate the abrupt turn this blog has taken towards political discussion, I will continue to provide this blog with what I believe makes it unique: meandering thoughts from my uneventful life. When we moved out here to Brooklyn so long ago, we preferred to have a place ready for us when [...]

There is an interesting conversation going which makes me both sad and happy. It makes me happy because I feel like I have played a small part in bridging a conservative community of bloggers with a liberal community of bloggers (the PBA). It makes me sad because much of the conversation seems fueled by anger [...]

Over the past couple years, every time I see Bill Clinton in an interview or on TV or simply giving a speech, it always strikes me how god damn happy he looks. Not happy like you finally got the girl who sits at the end of the bar in the sack and not happy like [...]