Went off to a party last night – birthday for a band-mate of Meg’s from the inactive-but-not-defunct Flying Folk Army. And as we drank beer and talked about sword-based fitness routines and the possibilities of glory-holes for ex-smokers who crave second-hand smoke, one of the guests noticed a book given place of prominence atop a [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Curious?
Posted in Political Stuff, Reading and Writing, tagged Reading and Writing, Resistance on February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sabotage
Posted in Relationships, tagged Relationships on February 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A number of years back I travelled to Chicago for work – a conference of contract faculty union folks. And while there, as I sat in the bar one night a guy dropped into the stool beside me. He’d seen me at the conference, and as we started talking we realized we’d spoken on the [...]
Life Good, Capitalism Bad
Posted in Family, Political Stuff, Relationships, tagged Capitalism, Relationships on February 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Y’know, there is so much to celebrate, so much to live for, so much to love and to appreciate, to savour and to revel in.
There is also, however, capitalism. And even on an individual, day to day level, capitalism fucks with us and fucks with all that is good and decent in the world.
The simple [...]
Workday Fantasies
Posted in Misc., tagged Resistance, Work on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Crazy busy at work this week, which has meant no time for the blog at all, and a general frustration with the mounds of paper on my desk that seem to never shrink and the ever-growing folder of emails needing follow-up. Really seeming like there’s a complaint-a-thon happening at the university these days, cause I’m [...]
The Saramago Affair
Posted in Reading and Writing, tagged Reading and Writing on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The last week or so I have been reading John Le Carre again – and early Le Carre, before real world politics and social critique get prominence in his work, and back when he was just writing short little yarns. I’ve written on Le Carre before and don’t intend to get into it again, other than [...]
