War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Deep ground fog this early Wednesday up here along California’s north coast — no ‘Blue Moon‘ seen in these parts. Just a bad moon rising — ha! And stilted moonshine is blinking on assholes who call themselves journalists, but yet are waging a war against journalism — mostly because of money and power, I suppose.…
I hadn’t been aware of this particular day — today: Earth Overshoot Day 2013. Either I wasn’t paying attention, or missed it, or something. An odd celebratory event without much celebrating — well, actually none at all. Another prick-brick in the wall. (Illustration found here). According to Global Footprint Network: Earth Overshoot Day is the…
A bit on the chilly side this early Tuesday along California’s north coast, a change from what’s been happening weather-wise around here the last few weeks. Although the temperatures expected to be back in the low-70s later today, the air feels cooler — maybe it’s just me. (Illustration found here). And maybe it’s just me,…
A bit overcast this way-too-early Monday here on California’s north coast, with a near-full-moon brightening the skies — and it was another really, really short weekend. Just two days to recover from five days is just bad math. And I want the NSA to know right up front — I Googled you! So fuck off,…
(Illustration: Wolfgang Bloch‘s The Colors of Coincidence found here). An oddity this Saturday morning on California’s north coast: Clear skies and bright, early sunshine. The norm for dawn is deep fog, like yesterday when the air was wet as rain, yet not. Weather nowadays can be really deceptive, and can be made fuel — oddly,…
Welcome to harsh-reality’s end of the week — Friday! Another day, another life — sweltering, near-unlivable conditions up here on California’s north coast: The U.S. National Weather Service reports that the temperature in Eureka reached a staggering (‘round these parts) 73°, edging out the previous record of 71° set way back in aught three of…
Early Thursday here on California’s north coast with the weekend in absolute-full view now. Seems the old blog site has some problems — my IT guy had to move some ether-shit around and transferred Compatible Creatures to ‘a new host,’ which sounds much-like some science-fiction-horror movie involving weird, flat worms. Or something. (Illustration found here).…
After working in several newspaper newsrooms in my long-ago-formal journalism career, and although there’s been some ugly motions the last few years crying a dooms-day end to old fashioned media, modern life might be aiding a news-gathering recovery — people’s news by the peoples. Despite the closing of newspapers, reporters losing jobs, technology and the…
Mid-week already, and nothing to show for it beyond two days of work. Fog again this Wednesday morning on California’s north coast, and a bit chilly, but according to the way-recent-past, it should be warm and sunny by noon. Apparently, President Obama has to be watched. Maybe the NSA can help keep an eye on…
Fog again this way-too-early Tuesday as we pound on through the week — we just getting started. And how do I know? — spy in the sky, in the ground and all around. Ironic reform — President Obama has ordered up a review panel of the NSA bullshit …but: The panel will be chosen by,…
