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Everything In It's Right Place

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Originally, I was posting this as a comment on Urban Therapy, but it was getting long and hey, if I'm going to throw a bunch of text into the data stream I might as well use my own space.
Every year, about a week into September, I think to myself "hey, isn't Troy's birthday coming up, the 18th or 21st or something? I should probably try to find out so I can send him a card or something." Of course, one week later, I've forgotten all about it... and so the ritual continues. My own birthday is fast approaching, but there will probably not be antother mention of it here (unless I decide to sponsor an event; which i've considered. Perhaps a small shindig downtown on an October weekend.) But I generally would just as soon ignore my own birthday. What am I supposed to do anyway? Celebrate myself and glorify my ego? That's why I have a blog. I like Troy's introspective approach, though. I try to be introspective every day, but my introspection is remarkably unproductive.

Speaking of which, it's time to be introspective about this blog. It's sloppy and inconsistent. Not to mention incoherent, incomprehensible, inchoate... does it show that I've only slept four out of the last forty-eight hours?

By the way, bonus points if you can name the Radiohead song the quote at the left is from. Impress your friends! Redeem your points at the end of the year for fabulous prizes! More chances to win coming soon!

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Ok Computer

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Presently, I am at The Apple Store trying to refine my technological approach to the world. Accordingly, a new era of alpha charlie bravo is nigh. I'm taking suggestions on what to name the disk on my new G5. Please advise. If the comments aren't working just email.


End Transmission

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Death and the Maiden

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It is worth noting that today is the 30th Anniversary of the coup in Chile wherein the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende was overthrown by Augusto Pinochet et al, with the assistance of the CIA. Allende supporters (a few Americans among them) were forced into a soccer stadium and executed. The coup resulted in two decades of repressive dictatorship.

I can tell you that the remembrance of 9/11 always, unequivocally, makes me sad. But what can bring me to the threshold of despair is remembering how much more pointless human suffering occurs in the world everyday; and a significant amount of it with the cooperation or complicity of our own country.
Palestine and Colombia are just two of the most prominent venues in an inexhaustable list of currently suffering peoples. It's not just America on one day, in one year; it is all of humanity that suffers unimaginable tragedy every day.