A Link from a Real Blogger?

Not just a video?

Yes.

You have to read this post by Sundry. Damn.

It may not have been the absolute worst night of my life—so many moments of regret in my past—but it was surely the longest. I didn’t sleep. Once I pressed the buzzer to ask what time it was, and the answer was so discouraging I never asked again.

Pot, meet muthaf***ing kettle

On the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests in China, the United States decried the large police presence in the square.

Democratic National Convention, Denver 2008


Republican National Convention, Minneapolis 2008


Peace Protest Olympia Washington, 2007


San Francisco Peace Protest 2009

Can we stop being all "politically correct" now?

...isn't that another way of asking "Can we stop being polite?"

Jay of Ill Doctrine breaks it down, as only he can:

The Things You Find on YouTube

I found my poet friend Ray Clark Dickson reading a very short piece on YouTube. Love it:

I designed several chapbooks for Ray and produced a commemorative program when he was named Poet Laureate of San Luis Obispo. He is a really good, really fun poet.

Conservative Radio Host Gets Waterboarded

...and lasts 6 seconds before declaring it torture. At least he had the guts to do it. Do we have to waterboard EVERYONE who says it is ok?

Japanese Rice Field Art

File under "Stuff you have to see to believe." Japanese Rice Field Art

They remind me of another form of community art, the Easter alfombras, or carpets, assembled in Guatemala:

The Gathering Storm Parody

Featuring the inimitable Baratunde Thurston at the end

Amazon Rank

What the heck is up with Amazon censoring their rankings to exclude books about GLBT subjects?