Next February, the Gothic Funk Nation will launch two monthly reading series (staggered two weeks apart). For the moment we are calling them the Informal Series and the Formal Series. We want you to volunteer to help (and pick out better names for them).
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As part of my development of Urbantasm, I’ve been attempting a complete-as-possible review of the history of the West… generally speaking I’m up through the end of the Roman Republic, but since New York has such an unparalleled array of Art museums, I’ve actually gone ahead in the history of visual art, and I’m almost done with The Visual Arts: A History, by Hugh Honour and John Fleming.
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– Yesterday sucked. I got a lot accomplished, but it nevertheless sucked. So instead of regaling you with that, I’ll talk about baseball.
– A friend of me called me out on a couple recent shout-outs to the Cleveland Indians. “Fuck the Tribe,” was what he said, specifically, although I think the sentiment was something along the lines of “How could you support the Indians when they kept Detroit out of the playoffs?”
… Read the restFrom the Flint Journal:
Complete Coverage.
Recent posts: Share your thoughts, Top Pastors Endorse Williamson, Walling, Williamson to speak at Rotary, City of Flint lowers suplus estimate, Time is running out to register to vote, Chamber PAC to host candidates, Prized UAW endorsement goes to no one, Firefighters union backs Williamson, Mayor says city has jail money, Former Stanley aide heads Walling’s north-end HQ, Court of public opinion: Lawsuit costs become election issue.
Event: Flint mayoral race update, 10/9/07. Read More »
… Read the restI usually get myself into situations that cause sparks. I mean I’m a girl that likes the storms. I love feeling alive, I love walking out in the cold in my bare feet and feeling the ice on my toes.
– Tori AmosThe end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.
It’s a typical week, in that there are plenty of things that you ought to be angry about. High on the list is the New York Times report that Democrats Seem Ready to Extend Wiretap Powers. Of course, given the sound-bite nature of reportage these days, it’s easy to lose the sequence of events here.
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– Yesterday. Blah. Whatever.
– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
Suppose you run a gas station, and you have to give customers a key to get into the bathroom. What do you attach to the end of the key?
In October, 1987.
I don’t remember anything about October, 1987, really.
Actually, I do think I can scare up at least one memory with some reliability:
I would (I believe) have been a Wolf Scout in Cub Scouts in Flushing. This means that this would have been the month where I fell victim to an overactive imagination and got scared by thoughts of the headless horseman at a pumpkin carving Cub Scout meeting.
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– I’ve been deeply involved in my job search, and it’s superceded writing in demands on my time lately. Some good news is that my wife and I were able to lock down a car at a pretty good deal (her parents helped us), and we’ll drive it back to New York this weekend.
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