The past months have seen a string of financial calamities, the likes of which have not been seen since the S&L crises of the late 1980. By now most of us have some sense of what went wrong. Housing prices went up at a rate that was completely unconnected with the actual growth of the economy. Suddenly … [continue]

Sing freedom and shade the amounts of joy–
The smell sometimes makes wise.
My hands are mine and fill my wisdom’s railroads, I.

No, it devours hate, like it did behind that gate…
Humiliation just soothes wind, dry pain, and mind.
Or in life lies neither of that kind?

So nothingness, the one that fires ecstasy, the sweet, where leaves are anguish fanned,
Vast pleasure to destroy,
A craving prides … [continue]

I lose the words that should be expressed on saucers of joy,
And count the days until separation means necessities rule.
For a time you walked into the shade when light seemed opposable,
But toothaches create a certain wisdom in my solar plexus.
When returning to the ground I grant three wishes of my own,
Not forever, or temporarily used– time floats on dimension undisclosed.
The sound of … [continue]

In an attempt to move towards areas of literary usefulness, I offer the reader “love”. Yes, “love”, the very word that triggers a spectrum of reactions, both good and bad, we only wish we could control through sanity and beer. We cannot. Love is stronger than beer, more complex than beer, and knows not of sanity. Beer … [continue]

Hello my gleaming friend. I appreciate you passing through the ancient canopy above to bath me in your light. These old bones, those that haven’t ossified, do appreciate the warmth. It’s been long since I had a visitor, so even one so quiet as yourself is welcome. It seems that the outside world no longer has need of one who … [continue]

I have, of late, been contemplating several ridiculous aspects of life– specifically, my life. Being dangerously close to the big “3″ “0″, and having acquired no real means of financial or emotional autonomy, is nerve racking at best and suicidal at worst. Thus far, I have managed to escape the “worst”, but if you happen to notice words in … [continue]

Just when you thought it couldn’t be done, another super hero movie opens with a weekend gross of over 100 million Washingtons! With Iron Man’s entry into the movieherosphere, we can now breathe easy knowing that four out of the top ten box office opening weekend moneymakers of all time are cinematic masterpieces based on the lives of folks … [continue]

Have you been roped into buying books written by smooth talking hucksters promising everything from real estate wealth to easy weight loss? Have you been working at home on three internet get rich schemes while popping penis growth pills and just trying to save enough to give your family a few of Oprah’s favorite things? Do you think that positive … [continue]

For years, Justice Potter Stewart has taken crap for his famous quote about pornography: “I know it when I see it.” The more prudish members of the Court declined Justice Stewart’s offer to watch any borderline material so he could give his thumbs up or down, but legal scholars have long speculated that the rise in applications for clerkships … [continue]

If you are reading this and you live in America, you might be under the impression that The New York Times, the A.V. Club, and Whoever and Ebert are the arbiters of cinematic excellence and box office success. Perhaps you check Apple Trailers regularly to reassure yourself that Hollywood is working on at least nine super hero movies simultaneously and … [continue]