Pax Nortona – A Blog by Joel Sax
From the Land of the Lost Blunderbuss
Month: November 2003
Letting the Weather Choose
Posted on November 17, 2003 in Weather
Dark clouds hovered in indecision today.
Word of an Attack on America
Posted on November 15, 2003 in Neighborhood Satire Weather
Here in our nation at war, in this neighborhood only ten miles from the Pacific Ocean where the sampans and the dhows could land and end our freedom forever, sabotaging clouds bombarded us with spikes of rain.
A Ridiculous Rant from the Right
Posted on November 15, 2003 in Journalists & Pundits
Whenever I heard a whine like this, I want to ask “Are you worried that you might be an obstructionist, James?”
In Memory of Gertrude Jones
Posted on November 15, 2003 in Campaign 2004
….her legacy is one of hope for the future, that we, as Americans, can pull away from the divisive and bloodthirsty domestic and international politics of this usurper administration and move once again towards the working/middle class heaven we were until the rise of Reagan and George Bush Sr.
On fucking up
Posted on November 14, 2003 in Hope and Joy Reading
I return to this passage whenever I feel I irretrievably blew it.
Bighorn Sheep
Posted on November 14, 2003 in Creatures Zoos
I have never seen a bighorn in the wild. Together with a sighting of pronghorn antelope, it remains an elusive thrill for me.
Critique
Posted on November 14, 2003 in Writing Groups
I’ve been thinking a lot about emotion and the critiques we deliver in writing groups.
Yule, Meet Angelyne
Posted on November 13, 2003 in Culture
Be careful Yule. Angelyne is a much beloved LaLa Land Institution.
Bush Tops Vietnam Casualty Figures
Posted on November 13, 2003 in Occupation of Iraq
Damn that Bush works fast!
