…One Less Scene

           It’s always a good time to read Bertolt Brecht, and especially during these days of class war and crumbling capitalism. I recently came across the poem “Questions from a Worker Who Reads,” in which Brecht comments on the absence of peasants and laborers in popular history. It reminds me of the [...]

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     My dad lives on the island of Mindanao, the largest of the Philippine islands. Mindanao has been making headlines lately because of its Muslim separatist group, the MILF. MILF represents the militant faction of the large Muslim population on the island; recently a long-standing cease-fire with government forces deteriorated, and now there are big [...]

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     There’s a saying that goes something like, “You don’t find any atheists in a fox-hole,” meaning people get dumb when they’re scared. You could also say that you don’t find any free-market cheerleaders in a recession. Suddenly everyone feels that the financial markets need a “helping hand”, and congress approves of the 700 billion [...]

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       Two news stories lately caught my attention, not just because I find suicide fascinating, but because both suicides involved an act of “watch this you motherfuckers” publicity. One guy jumped off the Aurora bridge  which is nothing new, but he did it during peak rush hour traffic, and threatened to go for two [...]

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After riding my new work bike for a few days, I noticed a sloppy chattering coming from the front end when braking. It seemed like a poorly adjusted head bearing, and since I haven’t purchased a manual yet, I turned to the online forums for guidance and maybe to look at some old BMW stuff. [...]

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What’s the deal with Halloween. So fun.

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