Purple Priestly Prose in the ProJo
I usually keep it clean on Kmareka, the standard being to write nothing that Kiersten would be embarrassed to have her kids read. I take it as a challenge to try to convey my dislike of some people by neither suggesting they do things to themselves that are physically impossible, or to accuse them of [...]
Claiming Victory
In today’s ProJo there’s a letter by Prof. Laura Lederer, congratulating the Journal for supporting the law criminalizing prostitution. She sees this as a step to fighting sex-trafficking. Depriving anyone of their freedom is a human rights violation, and forced prostitution is an atrocious crime. But so far, we have not seen criminals brought to [...]
Attack of the Blob
It’s been said that the Earth will do just fine, no matter what imbalances the six billion of us inflict on her. The Earth will adjust, but we may not. A reporter on NPR was talking to some fishermen in Japan, who have had to learn to cope with huge harvests of jellyfish and dwindling [...]
A Cure for Blue Christmas
Buy Nothing Day is a holiday tradition on the State House lawn. It happens on the day after Thanksgiving. Bring a coat if you have an extra, take one if you need one. Meet your neighbors and share some Christmas spirit. No lines. You can even sneak off to the Mall (don’t tell anyone I [...]
What’s Missing?
It’s just a piece of pop culture trivia, that a poster for the American movie, ‘Couple’s Retreat’ had a British version, with the black couple removed. Actually, the movie looked like a woofer to me, so I wasn’t going to see it anyway. But it suggests an intellectual exercise. Look at the world as seen [...]
Seth MacFarlane
I should be happy to see a local boy make good. I should be a fan. Or maybe not. I’ve heard that Family Guy can be pretty offensive. Maybe I’d be offended if I watched it. But I cannot. Everyone in it looks like Garfield. Garfield did not look like a cat, he did not [...]
Carrie Prejean–Courtesan
So I’m surfing the web while waiting for my toenail polish to dry, and there’s more on Carrie Prejean, who Republican America saw as the next Anita Bryant. I think it was unfair to put her on the spot with a loaded political question while she was competing in a beauty pageant. Honestly, if there’s [...]
Concrete and Vinyl Siding
Several years ago there was a man in my neighborhood who raised eyebrows by cutting down all the trees in his yard and paving it over. (It was in the area between Camp St. and N. Main, to the best of my recollection.) His landscaping was legal, but weird. Like he had ordained that no [...]
Advent Season
The Christian holy season of Advent begins on Sunday, November 29. Perhaps the remedy for shopping frenzy is to look to the deeper roots of the Season. Marian Styles-Mc Clintock calls to us from the Christian tradition, with words of peace, goodwill, and kindness to the tired, pregnant stranger and her young husband. They are [...]
Z Gallery
How Federal Hill has changed. I drive up and down Atwells Avenue often, undeterred by the rumor that the Holy Hand Grenade is going to drop on an unwary driver someday. I hadn’t seen the night life for a while, and each elegant restaurant is more enticing than the last. (see, I got that right) [...]
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