How I Like to Read a Poem
I race through it, scanning the words. It’s like a code, Or a mosaic of words Or a foreign map on the floor. Then I let it all out of my memory, As people do when they meet Some unpleasant …
Phone Notes
From: 2067555186@vtext.com Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 2:12 PM To: porter@jacksonhall.com Happiness comes when you stop fighting against your own identity \—–—–—– From: …
Today is 1-2-3
I got out of the shower this morning and Wendy said, “Today is 1-2-3. It’s going to be good luck.” It took me a while to realize she was talking about the date. I haven’t …
Fake Disgusting Art
Reuters reported today that a Chinese performance artist has made a video of himself eating a stillborn baby. This is too horrible for me to comprehend, but as a society, our comprehension for horror …
Happy New Year
I’m really starting to see the value of holiday cards. I used to think of them as an annoying formality that’s designed to make you feel guilty unless you conform—like tipping in a …
Resolutions
The New Year is coming, just a few hours away now. I haven’t really given any thought to my Resolutions. So here goes: Better archiving of my personal material Let go of worry Reconnect with my …
Advantages of Christmas in Las Vegas
Such a funny quote on TV just now. A show on the travel channel called “Christmas in Vegas”, a woman was taped saying, “I think Vegas gets kind of a bad name sometimes with people …
Putting on Her Make-Up on the Ferry
I see her face now. It’s prematurely weathered in a way that marks too many horrible things seen or imagined, or maybe the result of too many failed experiments with recreational drugs. There …
Taxes Unfair to Rich? Bullshit.
I read something in the Seattle Times yesterday that made me almost convulsive with anger. Bush’s team over at the Treasury Department are looking into ways of pushing the tax burden from the …
A Rainy Day in Seattle
Wendy and I went into the city yesterday. We were supposed to meet a lot of members of her animation organization at a screening of Santa Vs. the Snowman 3-D at the Pacific Science Center. We got …