Archive for December, 2008
A Strawberry Moment
If, by chance or on purpose, you need to spend the night near the Miami International Airport, I recommend the following. First, flag-down a free shuttle to the Runway Inn. The room I had for $55 + taxes was a good size, clean and the in-room air-conditioning was hard-working. No ID required, if you pay [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Keeping the Glass Half-full is Hard Work
1. Getting and maintaining a positive attitude, especially when a person does not already have it, takes a lot of hard work, effort, time, and diligence. A person doesn’t become positive by flipping an internal switch when someone suggests the glass is half-full rather than half-empty. A positive attitude is a kind of skill that [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )An Important Discovery. October 2008. A Sunday. Nine-ish.
1. Other persons, despite some similarities, are not like me. I am unlikely to make proper sense of a person’s understanding of the world (unexpressed or otherwise), her intentions, or her behavior, if I assume it is always like or identical to my own. It is possible to make sense of another person’s understanding of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )slapfatass
The Princess of Pudding and the Paperbag Princess says she has taken great delight in the phrase “slapfatass” which can be found in the poem below. That seemed as good a reason as any to highlight this poem with a post of its own. It can be found in Seven Old Poems–just click here.
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through the mountains.
we came
with [...]
for Jordan
in lubeck. on the street. the street. the covered street. late. the part. the old part. of. town. late. and stone. and stone. and everywhere stone.
you sang. songs. your songs. other songs. your songs and other songs. you sang. songs. sing sang sung songs. you sang. songs.
and I. and I. and I. well, I. well, [...]
Crawl Across My Windshield: Lyrics
Well you sacrifice your liver
to award the final stand
there’s nothing’s quite so simple
as an undiscovered land
just crack your spine
and draw a line
ring a copper bell
words without moments
going sink below the well
Crawl across my windshield
with the sunshine in your hair
just close your eyes and comb it straight
upon my rocking chair
don’t you think about tomorrow
forget it when [...]
Ideology is not a four-letter word.
In December 2006, I returned to Canada, after living in New Zealand for five years, and was fortunate enough to find work as an Adviser to a Member of Parliament in February 2007. Having all but ignored Canadian politics in my time away, favouring Kiwi politics and political philosophy instead, I was immediately struck by [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue: Mr. Dion Announces His Resignation.
Mr. Stéphane Dion, the most improbable of Liberal leaders, who almost became the most improbable of Canadian Prime Ministers thanks to an equally improbable coalition, has resigned. What will his legacy be? There are, I think, two important effects his tenure as Liberal leader will likely have on the Canadian political landscape.
First, a good–perhaps, even [...]
Policy Brief: Poverty
Policy Statement
Governments should adopt policies that secure for all persons an income sufficient to avoid absolute poverty, that provides all persons sufficient opportunity to avoid relative poverty, and that also eliminates the short- and long-term effects of poverty.
Poverty’s two aspects
The material conditions of poverty can and should be distinguished from its physical, psychological, and sociocultural [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Falterweight: Lyrics
I will take a chance on your face
I feel I can breathe in your mind
I know I will savor your inside-taste
I want your presence pressed to mine
But I can’t feel anything
No I can’t feel anything
But your love
Pheromones flood free pulses race
Blood flows fresh through organs to our brains
Skin seeks skin our fingers interlace
Lungs contract only [...]
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