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Jan.24.2013 My Birthday, etc. Photo: Brown University's University Building, built in 1770. From Brown University's Wikipedia page. A few quick things: --It's my birthday, and I need some lovins. Cuz I'm old. --Having a writers group meeting at my house tomorrow between 5pm and whenever....	Nov.19.2012 Separation of Church and State, and Women-Haters, Part 2 Photo: Todd Akin's official 109th Congress photo, from his Wikipedia page. [This entry is the second half of the most recent one, below, posted a few days ago.] So, a few things: According to his Wikipedia page, Akin graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute...
Nov.12.2012 Separation of Church and State, and Women-Haters Photo: Todd Akin's official 109th Congress photo, from his Wikipedia page. And so this begins a long series of blog entries chronicling the recent election. There's a lot I want to go over here, including, in no order, why Obama won, why Romney didn't, the election results, the nine...	Oct.25.2012 The Secular Delusion If 19.6 % Americans believe in “nothing in particular”, it in fact draws attention to US politics within the piety framework. Forget about separation of religion and state. Can religion survive without a state? Would it be orphaned without patriotic fervour? I come from a country that is...
Sep.03.2012 The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne--Don't Be Instructed by the Uninstructed Photo: (Top) Title page of the First Edition, 1850, from the book's Wikipedia page. Photo: First Editions, from flavorwire.com. I have a lot of little things to say about this--about its plot, themes, images, metaphors and writing--so let's just bullet them: --There was a stretch...	Jun.22.2010 CITIZEN "K" ARRESTED IN PRAGUE - KAFKA WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED Czech Citizen K: Artist arrested for identity fraud Prague - A member of controversial Czech art group Ztohoven was arrested for using fake ID cards and other official documents. The group's exploit was documented by an exhibition called Občan K (Citizen K) displayed in a gallery in the center of...
Mar.30.2010 The State of Things Wow, what a week for Michigan. I was born in northern Michigan and still spend summers there. It is a beautiful state and I am so happy once again that MSU is in the final four! Michigan needs anything good right now. I have members of my family that are unemployed, underemployed and downright...	Nov.21.2009 MS.MONTIER'S MAGIC MINTS Georgia is among 28 states considered to be a right to work state, which really means your employer has free rein to fire you without concern of a backlash from unions, lower wages and benefits, diminished standards of living, and no job security. In a sense this translates into fear among...
Aug.14.2009 Wonderful Winds This sunny new day in Mexico City, I woke up dreaming of ancestral vilage squares, grandma's farm lands and drum beats from Igbo landscapes of home and inspiration. Perhaps, it's because my grandma Mercy Josaiah Ndubuisi Wachuku - my dad's mother - who died recently at the age of 91, is to be...	Jul.18.2009 Poetry Events / Calendars by City and Town Poetry Events / Calendars Poetry Events and Calendars in your Town or City [Please post addt'l venues in comments to be added!] ~~~ AL Alabama – http://www.writersforum.org/ ~~~ CA California / West Coast – http://www.poetryflash.org/ Bay Area, California — Spoken Word Listings Glendale...