Year: 2002
Oh dear
Posted on October 8, 2002 in Citizenship Pointers
Somehow, the intent of the constitutional amendment is thwarted by substituting the sick for the sick.
Writer’s Search
Posted on October 7, 2002 in Reflections Writing
I would number these years as the most severe of my depression, when the world encased me within a blank cube and seemed to offer no alternative. I could call this time by many names: the Silence, the Paranoia, or The Pain.
Comment on a Sign of the Times
Posted on October 7, 2002 in Whimsies
“As long as waters are troubled, they cannot become stagnant.”
– James Baldwin
The Key to a Cipher
Posted on October 7, 2002 in Cats
A grizzled chin betrays the dotage of a dog. The hair of a cat keeps the secret of its age.
Send me to Iraq if You Dare
Posted on October 5, 2002 in Irony & Sarcasm
The deal is this: if I raise $5,000 by January 1, 2003, I will go to Iraq. Expect blogging like I did back in 1992 when I went to Croatia and Serbia. If I don’t hit $5,000, I will keep the money for myself. If I raise $10,000, I’ll invite Thymewise to accompany me. Fair deal?
The Litter King
Posted on October 5, 2002 in Neighborhood Scoundrels
I doubt that Tony Kanoa would link to my page, this other voice from Portola Hills.
Dorothy Day’s Temper
Posted on October 4, 2002 in Courage & Activism
Once, a holier than thou told Catholic Worker Movement founder Dorothy Day that she should control her temper better. Day replied: “I’ve held my temper more times in one day than you have in your whole life.”
Name Game
Posted on October 4, 2002 in Whimsies
Others complain that the descriptions don’t fit them or the people they know with the names, but the laws of random chance enabled these New Age pundits/racketeers to strike pretty close in their description of me. Perhaps they have been reading my blog?
Untreated Mental Illness
Posted on October 4, 2002 in IRC/Chat
Paranoia is a mental illness. I open the news web sites and there it is, resident in the White House and spreading down to the population.
