Measuring performance, corporate-style |
Today we all had to take a class on giving performance reviews. We had to take this class whether or not we actually are in a position to give performance reviews as it is yet another requirement brou...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:32:00 GMT |
Of Addiction and High Anxiety |
So how do we alleviate the crushing anxiety that pulses on the periphery of our consciousness? The crushing anxiety that pushes our minds and hearts and bodies in positions and places that no organic ...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 21:01:00 GMT |
Of Billboards and High Anxiety |
So lately I've been waking up in full-blown panic mode. No specific reason...it's everything and it's nothing. And part of it is the lunacy that surrounds people every day of their lives - the same lu...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Dec 2006 20:52:00 GMT |
Politics and the Family |
Well here we go with the political ads again. Politicians buy all this air time, and now, instead of just having to cope with the usual right-wing drivel on my morning commute...which I am forced to d...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 09:32:00 GMT |
What would I ask |
So we had a Bush protest in Tampa yesterday and I couldn't go 'cause I'm a fucking wage slave and all that. But I listened to our community radio station on the way home (because we all know that main...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 21:05:00 GMT |
Of pre-emptive war and the parable of the bee |
I used to be frightened of bees. My reaction was typical of most civilized folk - if you find yourself in a small space with something that has a stinger, swat first and ask questions later. That was ...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 20:59:00 GMT |
The Orlando Rally and The Tree |
We had a lovely turn out for our statewide rally to oppose violence in the Middle East yesterday. There were about 350-400 people attending. The one thing that always strikes me about marching with pe...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 18:50:00 GMT |
AmeriKKKan Government 101 |
Sometimes I wish I could teach AmeriKKKan Government 101. Because judging by the inane comments we peace protesters get from the pro-war crowd, there are some basic fundamentals that are being overloo...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 21:32:00 GMT |
Back to Immokalee |
The cold front that has transformed Central Florida into Seattle South hasn't reached Immokalee. I am dressed for the chill that is slowly slouching toward the tropics, but I am grossly overdressed fo...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:51:00 GMT |
Seeing things, or Devastation, Part II |
Immokalee is poor - unimaginably poor. And it is a place most Floridians will never see, tucked back in the swamp as it is, with a buffer of orange groves to shield the encroaching subdivisions from a...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:50:00 GMT |
