A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about my post-election ennui. Now I’m doing something about it. Today is #GivingTuesday, and regardless of how you feel about the proliferation of Thanksgiving holiday adjuncts (Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday,…
Category: politics
We Can Be Heroes
Hello. This is my post-terrible-election blog. There are many like it, but this one is mine. I’ve had a lot of thoughts and feelings over the past week. I haven’t been very productive, writing-wise. But here, I think, is some…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Now and Later”
For the record: Guns don’t murder people. Fucked-up assholes murder people, and they don’t need guns to do it. But firearms do carry a lot of psychic freight. Read “Now and Later” at 512 Words or Fewer
Friday Flash Fiction: “Back to School”
Hey, anybody remember that “Jack & Bobby” show from a few years back? Yeah, neither do I. Read “Back to School” at 512 Words or Fewer
Friday Flash Fiction: “Unanswered Questions”
This week’s story was inspired in part by Breakin’ It Down with Catherine Reitman and the Occupy Oakland clusterfuck. You might not think those two things go together, but they are both Halloween-thematic: Ms. Reitman is the daughter of the…
Why Everyone Should “Write The Other”
I’ve been downloading TED talks in iTunes, since they make for good, quick, off-line viewing, and are generally entertaining and/or educational. We watched this one over breakfast today: Being a minority writer myself, I feel some of the same pain…
Friday Flash Fiction: “I Disagree”
Why, yes, I do watch The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report. Thanks for asking! Read “I Disagree” at 512 Words or Fewer
Do You Know What Yesterday Was?
Really, now. Did you think I’d forgotten? It was also this year’s Free Comic Book Day–more on that later–and, apparently, a good day for political protests in Portland. Not that there’s any connection between those two, but as long as…
It Makes a Fellow Proud to Live in Portland
D and I read about this guy in our local newspaper a few weeks ago, and now the story’s gone national: Yup. Welcome to PDX. The title of this post is, of course, sarcastic. Allow me to educate those of…
#protip of the day
Do not engage in public debate with a professional stand-up comedian. You will lose. As shown here: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-april-20-2010/bernie-goldberg-fires-back For those of you still unclear on the concept, John Rogers (“Mr. Leverage“) explains: I still have a lot of gut instinct…