Category Archives: words

language or etymology

In Tanaka’s satanic service?

I da know what the fuck but Greg Tanaka mentions Satan twice in the first 30 minutes of his interview with the rev Bruce Reyes Chow of 1st Prez. This guy is a nightmare. He puts the bent in “incumbent”. … Continue reading

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BULLY, FASCIST, NINNY, QUISLING

The Palo Alto Post has picked four choices for Council even though there are still two months left in the campaign. Their slate includes four of my five bottom-dwelling worst-possible candidates. The only thing Dave Price and I agree on … Continue reading

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Who shot ‘Meet Jane Doe‘?

When Anna Eshoo our fifteen-term Congress-member and stellar rock of Democracy — metaphorical meteorite and Haley’s Comet of light exposing the swamp — was merely a neighbor or housewife or local businesswoman, my mom got invited to a meet and … Continue reading

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Stanford to offer RrR degree

Laughing all the way to the bank. bw Colin Quinn livestream for $5 moderates by two very funny GSB professors, or your money back. the last bit is just a joke. LOL. maybe the headline should be “Stanford to offer … Continue reading

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Still grooving on, intrigued by Nicole Mitchell Lisa A. Harris ‘EarthSeed’ oratorio and tribute to Octavia Butler

It’s a complex work, but it’s chipping away at me. I’ve bought two Octavia Butler books, and noted that both Veronica DeJesus, the visual artist, and Rebecca Eisenberg, the activist, feel her. I was streaming it from a link provided … Continue reading

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Mom listen

I am reading a letter Wallace Stegner 30 years ago wrote his mother after she had been gone 30 years, on the brink of his 80th. At the suggestion of Wayne Horovitz who also has an evening-length through-composed oratorio about … Continue reading

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Ascent Elimination Airlines

Nina Katchadourian should own an airline that always chooses the longest distance between two points but my the end of the flight as you deplane you are awarded an art degree. I think of her as a strange visitor from … Continue reading

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The McCloskey’s of St. Louis are Unamerican; the Republicans are Unamerican

I agree with Edsall of The New York Times: Donald Trump is trying to create a race war in America, Blacks versus whites, as a way to avoid a class war, as a way to avoid taxing corporations and the … Continue reading

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1 Lady Announces’Eel and Saffron’ as new Nationalist Bowl

‘MORE, SIR” is plea.

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Ruth Weiss, 1010 vs Io, 10

I was the first person to make a purchase at Bell’s book’s with its new germ shield configuration. I was trying to buy only a graphic novel about John Lewis, March. And I owed faith $60 for to Derek Wolcott … Continue reading

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