Year: 2003
The Presence of Pollock
Posted on September 8, 2003 in Book of Days Culture Writing Groups
Bill J. (who doesn’t do art of any kind as far as I know) wants to be able to name the elements in what he sees and connect them to real world objects. I feel that there are things which are unnameable. The best art practices the presence of those.
Lesbians and Feminity
Posted on September 8, 2003 in Sexuality
And it’s entirely possible that the test is screwed up. It was correct 2/3s of the time. I wouldn’t undergo transexual surgery with those odds.
Jesus and Miracles
Posted on September 8, 2003 in Myths & Mysticism
Two thousand years after the life of Christ, Heresy is mainstream.
Joel live from anywhere.
Posted on September 7, 2003 in Book of Days Prose Arcana Vacations
I want to tell you about the koalas I am seeing in the Blue Mountains, the chambered nautilus I fished up from the Pacific, the meerkats blinking in the African sun, the okapis swishing their tails in the Congo rainforests.
Bad Form/Statistics
Posted on September 7, 2003 in Site News
Entries: 1653 Comments: 1932
Watching to see who will have comment #2000.
Uncautious Skepticism
Posted on September 7, 2003 in Journalists & Pundits
It’s a spin more worthy of saucer cultists than of an honest skeptic that leads Barbara Mikkelson to defend the gathering of the Saudis, to insist that they weren’t flown out of the country while the airport ban was in effect, and to write off any testimony which confounds the facts as reported in a selected series of articles.
Gender Genie Feels You Out
Posted on September 7, 2003 in Blogging Crosstalk Sexuality
In the wake of these revelations (more evidence that I have an enlarged clitoris), I went down the list of blogs in my daily walk. I discovered that according to Gender Genie, many people weren’t what they seemed to be.
Self-Dating and Cancer
Posted on September 7, 2003 in Censorship
I think Zonker had the answer: “Hey, did you guys hear that self-dating prevents cancer?”
The Smell of Smoke
Posted on September 6, 2003 in Book of Days
Under the arched live oaks of Trabuco Canyon Road, I caught the scent for a moment. Not sweet, not sour, not bitter. The odor of smoke.
Polygamy: A Descendant Thinks On It
Posted on September 6, 2003 in Ancestors Anthropology Morals & Ethics Partnership
If polygamy were legal, would I do it?
Aortal: Prairie Point
Posted on September 6, 2003 in Aortal
Bill Hopkins might be described as a “quiet man of the Left”.
