the meme of outrage
Like millions of others this past weekend, I watched the video of UC Davis Police Lieutenant John Pike and other officers hosing down protesters with pepper spray at close range with a horror, outrage and the repeating question in my…
the albums of my life: r.e.m.’s murmur
Note: This is part III of a series. By my freshman year of high school, the bullying had ended. I thinned out, earned the grades I needed to be in better classes and had a growing sense of confidence about…
america is fucked for “jobs,” get used to it
Via The iPhone And US Unemployment – The Dish By Andrew Sullivan: As China and India develop even faster, I see no way American skilled workers can truly compete without CEOs hurting their own shareholders. The prospect of a continued…
davidconnell’s dream house
I have an unrealistic fantasy of living a house like this one. A Mid-Century modern all glass and metal looking out over a central courtyard with a glowing pool. It would be filled with Mid-Century modern furniture and we would…
the albums of my life: public enemy’s it takes a nation of millions to hold us back
Note: This is part II of a series. Bass! How low can you go? Death row. What a brother knows. Once again, back is the incredible the rhyme animal the incredible D, Public Enemy Number One! The lyrics cracked from…
the albums of my life: michael jackson’s thriller
The first two albums I purchased were “Picture This,” by Huey Lewis and The News and “Different Light,” by the Bangles. They were purchased on cassette at a time when albums were still king and cassettes simply shrunk down album…
an accident waiting to happen
It’s not that the car is broken down. It’s completely inoperable. Ten minutes ago, the speedometer dipped down to zero while I was going 50 miles per hour. Then it started jumping — hop up to 50, then down to…
