
1 I like it I lack it I lick it I’ve got a sticky wicket Do you have a pocket? I think I’d like to pick it. 2 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 (moby-thesaurus) Moby Thesaurus words for “sticky wicket”: bind, clutch, complication, crunch, embarrassing position, embarrassment, fine how-do-you-do, hell to pay, hobble, […]

I haven’t posted since October 2 (designing my Patreon “Capture! The Nearsighted Seer” page and learning to use MailChimp has gobbled up my time). But in the meantime: Ali Spagnola’s video response to internet trolls deserves everyone’s attention. (It was Ali’s musical talent that turned me on to Patreon!) Enjoy!

Vol. 1 The Axis of History Vol. 2 Teachable Moments Vol. 3 The Challenge: Redefining Work, Equality & Authority Dennis Weiser takes the reader on a thoughtful journey through American literature, the American psyche, political history, and ecological history, showing how the Puritans’ obsession with civilizing nature has led us to build an economy that […]

Edward Snowden is a real hero: principled, courageous, humane. Listen to the interview with him today on Democracy Now. For the hour. Click on the name, “Edward Snowden.” All his enemies, like those of Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange, are vituperative, vindictive, low-lives, pawns of historical forces they don’t even recognize, let alone understand. That […]