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Michael

About Me



My Interests

Books:

science textbooks
noam chomsky
richard dawkins
elizabeth cady stanton
chuck palahniuk
bertrand russell
james joyce
jack kerouac
hunter s. thompson
bret easton ellis
jane austen
henry david thoreau
hubert selby jr.
augusten burroughs
ts eliot
sylvia plath
allen ginsberg
william carlos williams
etc...

My Blog

Affectation of candour is common enough-

My Five Favorite Things, thus far, in 20071. Streaming NPR on itunes.  "All Things Considered" at a whim.2. Rediscovering Jane Austen . Several years ago, I was force fed Mansfield Park for ten w...
Posted by Michael on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:07:00 PST

Doctors without borders

I'm listening to the radio...and the radioman says we're fighting over Christmas trees in airports, and I wonder if  we've gone mad. I cannot speak on which religion (or lack thereof) is closest ...
Posted by Michael on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:28:00 PST

Luna

     An unusual Christmas story from my childhood:     It was a snowy evening in mid-December, maybe a week before Christmas. I was young, nine years old, and m...
Posted by Michael on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 01:30:00 PST

Let's go on a macaroni-n-cheese picnic !

Macaroni Ahtopsie Nurse Yelly yelled!, Her siren voice sounding silly. At me to be Super-doc? Not even, not really. She rushed forward racing, Oh dear was she ever... Panic wheeling toward m...
Posted by Michael on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:08:00 PST

Veruca Salt's puddle techno

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Posted by Michael on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 04:58:00 PST

A translation from Chinese

The River-Merchant's Wife : A Letter While my hair was still cut straight across my foreheadI played about the front gate, pulling flowers.You came by on bamboo stilts, playing horse,You walked about ...
Posted by Michael on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 11:41:00 PST

Virginia is for Lovers

Virginia. In two days, I'll no longer be a resident of this beautiful state. Honestly, I never considered living here until I was ordered to do so by the Marine Corps. I've had a f...
Posted by Michael on Sun, 23 Jul 2006 02:41:00 PST