the nation magazine has the power to push, i guess

Posted on January 30, 2021 by | Leave a comment

There is no The Nation reader pushing any candidate in any direction unless they have a ton of money. For me, this magazine would be a waste of time. Into the trash with this envelope. This is far too tame for me.

mailpiece from The Nation magazine with “Biden won. Let’s push him left” on outside

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censorship backfires

Posted on January 29, 2021 by | 3 comments

So many I know are gung ho to purge the platforms.

Ajamu Baraka: We Are Entering a New Totalitarian Era

“Anybody who is in opposition to the hegemony of the neoliberal project is at some point over the next few years going to experience the heavy hand of the state.”

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mewe

Posted on January 27, 2021 by | 1 comment

Run long, run strong, dear MeWe ❤️

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1991 pride

Posted on January 27, 2021 by | 3 comments

Me, 1991, Pride in Carrboro. Brian and I were already together, so things were looking up.

I often push it out of my mind that by that year I’d lost a good third of my friends to “that disease.”

Me in sunglasses and t-shirt at pride

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radio gaga

Posted on January 27, 2021 by | 2 comments

I went out on dates almost none in high school and didn’t go to the proms. I just wasn’t up to tackling all the issues that would  have made it possible for me to do it the right way.

Instead, I got an amateur radio license (ham radio), covered my parents house and yard with huge antennas, and sat down in their basement alone with my tube-type radio (Heathkit HW-101), and geeked out by talking with people all over the world.

My parents seemd to like it because it mostly kept me out of trouble.

I was often up by 5:00 a.m. before school so I could run downstairs and work the USSR for a couple of hours before leaving.

Then when I hit my twenties, I tried to make up for the lack of dating.

I still have a valid radio license.

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lips sealed

Posted on January 27, 2021 by | Leave a comment

Can you hear them, they talk about us, telling lies, is that a surprise. Go Go’s. Our lips are sealed.

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kindness

Posted on January 26, 2021 by | Leave a comment

There’s a main-line denomination church over in high point where Brian has played a few times and we know the minister. I was over there last September for a drive-up ice cream party they had. The minister was chatting with me and asked, “are you and Brian doing okay during Covid.”

When I replied “yes, okay for now thanks,” he said, “if you ever need anything, let us know. You don’t have to be a member here.”

I thought that was generous AF.  ♥️ I think about that moment frequently.

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joy of soma fm

Posted on January 24, 2021 by | Leave a comment

The joy of radio stream.

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Space Station Soma from SomaFM.com [SomaFM]

Ambient Space

Zen Mechanics – A New Philosophy

screenshot of media stream info from soma fm

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columbo

Posted on January 24, 2021 by | Leave a comment

“Just one more thing”

OMG yes. Columbo Complete DVD set. It just arrived yesterday.

34 discs, nearly 100 hours. I like it.

Growing up hiding in my room from my family, Columbo, especially the NBC Mystery Movie series including Columbo, was good company on a GE black and white portable TV.

This DVD set has coverage from 1968 through 2003.

The boxed set of Columbo DVDs

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calzado

Posted on January 22, 2021 by | 3 comments

It takes me so long to get into these that I don’t wear them that often and tend to leave them on all day when I do. I usually get at least one leg cramp trying to shove my feet down into them.

Side view of the flyers on my feet

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