Category: Thoughts
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How the Scientific Method Came into Existence and Notable Finds
Hey peeps, Here is the latest playlist and a cool collection of special bullets I managed to assemble this week. Ever since my toddler was born, time seems to be flying by. Are days shorter now? When I can carve out an hour to sit down at the computer and type, it feels like a…
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Beach Closed
Solemnly respecting Good Friday…wtf? Today, my family and I went to the public beach (yes, the one administered by the county financed by our tax dollars) and they had a sign up saying “Closed. We are solemnly respecting Good Friday.” This is the same government that is caught cheating, stealing, lying, abusing, ignoring, taking, __…
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A Revolution In The Making
There has been a lot going on this week. As buildings burn and police continue to be brutally abusive to citizens throughout the U.S., I want to take a moment to address the murder of George Floyd and the protests and riots of the last few days. I write as a white, educated, heterosexual man…
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We belong here
This installation (as well as the photo credit) is the work of contemporary artist Tavares Strachan, You Belong Here. shown at Biennal Prospect3 New Orleans, October 25, 2014 – January 25, 2015. Gotta love public installations and how they bring about interruption and disruption. You Belong Here, in the artist’s words, is “both a question…
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What do you want to remember from this?
Will COVID-19 become a turning point in history or another blurred memory? On March 11, 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic paralyzed the world forcing everyone into lock down. As of this post, a third of the global population is on lock down while other countries are beginning to lift restrictions and “open back up”. It makes…
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Ellas que todo lo dan
Las marchantes rompen mitos y en cada paso suben el volumen Sus huellas son manifiesto de voluntad De guerra pacífica De convocatoria Son las que abren las puertas que la historia cerró Son revolución rayos de luz en la oscuridad Desobedientes Rebeldes Incorrectas Luchadoras Son cerebro y corazón Sangre y espada Son las que dejan…
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Murió Fidel
Murió Fidel. Y facebook activao. Por un lado, los que NO son cubanos y conocen *parte* de la historia pq no la vivieron, celebran el hecho que Cuba ha tenido un excelente sistema educativo y un servicio médico libre de costo. Los que SI son cubanos o tienen familiares cubanos, les importa un carajo la…
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Post-election day
“Politics touches everything, but politics is not everything — not by a long shot.” Miroslav Volf Hate or white supremacy may have won in the US, but this is not the end. Yes, it’s a heavy dose of reality to take in and process. The future is uncertain as it always has been. Therefore, let…
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El exilio
Casi todos los días abro el facebook y leo que un amig@ se muda de la isla. No se quitan, se mudan buscándose la vida. Algunos critican mientras otros celebran, pero solo el que se va entiende el sacrificio, los riesgos y las oportunidades de su partida. Yo me fuí por diez años y entre…
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Making space for poetry
As most things in life, making choices determines who we are, what we do and how we interact with the world and others. I have been writing poetry for quite sometime, but I consider it not to be very good. Anyway, I have to make space for: reading other poets, writing more, and sharing my…
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The Soul by Lal Ded
I like this poem by Lal Ded. I did not know who she was, in fact this was posted by Elle Luna’s in her own blog and I am borrowing it to put it here. It is said that Lal Ded was born in 1355 in Pandrethan to a Kashmiri Pandit family. Even as a child, Lalla was wise…
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Reducing annual consumption of plastic bags
Did You know…? * The average American uses between 300 and 700 plastic bags per year. If everyone in the United States tied their annual consumption of plastic bags together in a giant chain, the chain would reach around the Earth 760 times! * The world’s largest landfill can be found floating between Hawaii and…
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