War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Quiet and overcast this way-early Thursday here on California’s north coast, a dramatic contrast to wet, terrifying Hurricane Isaac as it storm surged landward off the Gulf of Mexico, creating tornado-offshoots in its wake. New Orleans has experienced nearly 25 inches of rain in less than 24 hours — dozens of people were dramatically rescued…
Crystal clear skies this early Friday morning along California’s northern coast, and near-cold, too. Odd to see stars way up high in the dark. Although the fog will most-likely roll in before sunrise — about two hours away — the effect now is clean, and kind of noisy as sound seems to float and survive…
Once again, early morning here on California’s northern coast and another quiet beginning to the day — not much sunshine lately, except for some rays spattering across the landscape in the middle of the afternoons. My first gape at the news seems to find the same — not much light amongst the overcast. Beyond Prince…
(Illustration found here). Even out into the middle of the week, the shitstorm off Todd Akin’s revelation on Sunday of a female’s ability to ward off unwanted sperm still plays hard and heavy in the media — and not only in the US, but across the dying planet where he’s become known as the “rape-gaffe…
(Illustration found here). In this era of pure nonsensical bullshit: Tell all the truth but tell it slant, Success in circuit lies, Too bright for our infirm delight The truth’s superb surprise; As lightning to the children eased With explanation kind, The truth must dazzle gradually Or every man be blind. — Emily Dickinson, ‘Tell…
Always been a great fan of Maurits Cornelis Escher, or just MC Escher, as he’s more-popularly known, and his artworks has always flooded my brain with all kinds of twisted and delicious images of how reality functions. Some of his more-well known drawings can be found here and here and here — my most-favorite (and…
Quiet and sad this morning up here on California’s north coast, with the ugliest of ugly shit falling like scalding rain all over everywhere else, it seems. This planet is wedged into a gnarly pickle. And this morning, a report two more US GIs were shot and killed today in Afghanistan by another one of…
Another foggy, moist morning here on California’s north coast, though, typical of the region, weather is like a series of smoke and mirrors — clouds of tiny bullshit droplets disguise reality. And judging real time has become a kind of rigged liar’s poker. A gut-grabber on the front-lines of political-spewed pot ash: Yes, one of…
US peoples, do you understand what you’re actually seeing? In 2008, I though John McCain was the way-worst-ever presidential contender in all of US political history — but was I freakin’ wrong! The 2012 GOP version, however, is beyond the measure — and this morning Mitt Romney even went further in creating a possible funeral…
Quiet and still this wee-early Tuesday morning on California’s northern coast, creating a false sense of all is well with the world. When it ain’t. Of course, the entire world is overwhelmed by the curious Mars landing — $2.6 billion worth of excitement, while down here on planet ground-level, the costs of everything seems to…
