War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
What a difference 24-hours can make — or a week, or nearly seven years to the day. Politics in the US is currently a total bitch, filled with confusion, back-stabbing and hate. Yet with all this crude, ignorant bluster, there’s very little true-truth to power — no deep-throated, gut-induced ironic-sarcasm at the horrible shape of…
High fog, or low clouds this morning with just a hint of cool as we start off Thursday here on California’s north coast — and it’s a snap in summer’s direction, too. Yesterday was the hottest yet this year, and a new record for Eureka — about 10 miles south of myself — and at…
Clear skies this early Tuesday on California’s north coast — the moon a white light in the western sky. Weather that’s true or not, who’s to say? Indeed, as the dust settles a bit off last week’s string of shit, and President Obama did the right thing yesterday in putting young Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on trial…
A week later here on this way-early Monday — the trauma of the last few days still pretty intense even if the bloodied dust has settled. Now the bullshit begins. Tamerlan Tsarnaev is dead, his brother, Dzhokhar, in custody and reportedly responding to written questions. The big question, however, is what to do next —…
(Illustration: Boston bombing suspects; white-hat guy still at large, the other, dead — found here). If those two deranged clowns pictured above truly are the Boston marathon bombers, that photo will become an iconic-terror symbol, easily understood and to become another snapshot in how dangerously-strange modern life has become — cool, calm, collected and total…
Here we are getting close to the end of another work week — overcast and warm this Thursday morning on California’s north coast — and life apparently has seen better days. A sense of rage against the machinery. The feeling a terrible end is just around the corner, but no one seems to give a…
Clear and a bit chilly here on California’s northern coast this early Tuesday, though, when that wind kicks up later in the morning, the environment will get downright cold. Yesterday was kind of a shit day, huh? Authorities still have no clue to who and why of that Boston marathon bombing — although in reports…
High overcast and a bit on the warm side this way-early Thursday on California’s north coast, though, rain has its smell in the air. I hope not — my Jeep is in the shop and I’m on foot for this morning. The news cycle continues: Repugnant story of the day — life has to be…
(Illustration found here). Asshole:Â 1. The anus; 2. A thoroughly contemptible, detestable person. Despite trying to overlook someone being an asshole due to some type personality disorder distracts from the point of labeling some asshole an asshole. Sometimes assholes are assholes because they enjoy it (i.e., Pawnee Councilman Jeremy Jamm). Others are assholes because they were…
Fog-in planet this Wednesday morning up here along California’s north coast, and in extremes, mirrors the horrible, sad fixation of mankind with war. War and whores have been around a long time — which one is the oldest profession? Let’s see here: The shit in Syria, the doo-doo in Mali, the crap in Afghanistan, the…
