Unqualified Offerings

Jealous of the Rhyme and the Rhyme Routine – I’ve really been getting back into poetry lately, reading and writing both, which is nice. Poetry and I were estranged for some years. There are various reasons, including politics – I started back in looking for Robinson Jeffers after all – but among them is the [...]

the “suicide” part – ought to chant it over and over again like Wonkette and “ass fucking”. We ought to rub their noses in it.
Even rhetorically, national defense is too important to leave to hawks. They can’t even get that right.

A Billion Here, A Billion There – President GW Bush , who has not vetoed a single bill in his first term so far, has increased spending faster than any president since the Richard Nixon-Gerald Ford two-step of the mid-seventies, according to a handy chart from the Independence Institute. That’s total spending OR non-defense discretionary [...]

Gaudy Night, the Continuing Series – “Genetic mutation turns tot into superboy.”

built into it. (The machine from which the god steps when summoned runs Microsoft Excel and Oracle Financials.)
Bendis and Maleev’s Daredevil counts as especially disappointing. While I disagree with his critics about the virtues of Bendis’ dialogue, the recently concluded “King of Hell’s Kitchen” arc can only be said to represent a failure of nerve. [...]

A Fanboy’s Quotes come from Neilalien:
So, are superhero readers arrested adolescents who fantasize about wielding power, or do they desire to submit to power? – It’s not that the snob camp can’t make up its mind between the two – it’s that the snob camp will embrace any and all theories that pee in their [...]

Original Sin – I was corresponding with Diana Moon the other week about how the real problem in American politics is less The Neocons than “national greatness conservatism.” It’s an interesting question whether there’s a one-to-one relationship between neoconservatives and national greatness adherants. Are there any neocons who would abjure the central precepts of “national [...]

Grrr! – Public Service Savings Days at Borders! Ironically, my libertarian principles require that I affirm their right to hold such a sale if they choose! Aaaaaaaaaaaugh! Borders – is – lying! But – if they are – lying – then they are – telling the truth! But if – !

Beats the Hell Out of Halliburton Day – Buffalo, NY celebrates the fortieth anniversary of the spicy chicken wing. And they’re sending the “wing king” on
a four-city tour to promote the festival, and the rest of the region’s assets.
“We’re going to use this great icon to promote Buffalo tourism,” Geiger said, as dozens lined up [...]

My Life and Roleplaying – New 20′ x 20′ Room contributor Vincent Baker has the coolest “How I got into roleplaying games” story I have ever seen or expect to see.