Archive for September, 2005

My Own Personal Relief Effort

Friday, September 16th, 2005

Working Special Ed. is challenging and exciting—but so is escaping from a hurricane…
Fuck FEMA. Fuck 24/7 television news coverage. Fuck the middle aged-man in his too-small Cub Scout Troop leader shirt and neckerchief who gives me disapproving looks every morning for not dropping money into his ‘Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund’ bucket. […]

…spare a quote?

Monday, September 12th, 2005

Where are these quotes coming from
I’ve noticed an increasing trend of people attaching notable (and quite un-notable) quotes to their email and comment signatures–not here of course, in the backwater of the internet. Where the heck do they get them? Are people simply keeping a copy of Roget’s near their desk when they […]

Whores & Nerds: Part I

Sunday, September 11th, 2005

I love the inevitability of change. I get off on it. Political pundits and social commentators spend copious amounts of time lambasting ‘loosening morals’ or attacking social change, yet these changes happen anyway. And in an world which is changing at an infinitely rapid pace, it’s simply not possible for society (and […]