Archive for May, 2008

Good Friends, Good Times, and Good Grades

Monday, May 26th, 2008

My old friend Peter and his wife Ariadne are in town again and we’ve spent most of the week together having a great time. We spent a lot of time just hanging out at his parents house with his sister’s kids, who are all so fun and lively. Had some great conversations and discussions as [...]

Life Begins at 30?

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Yeah, today is my 30th birthday… This is probably the first time I actually “celebrated” my birthday in any way since I was like 15 years old. My cousin made me a big-ass cake - in response to the cake with 30 candles I got her for her 30th last year - a few [...]

Atrum Matris

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Time ceaselessly slips slowly through my fingers as I strain to grasp hold of some tenuous meaning
Progeny of Isolation, born of that dark crypt wherein boys are cast and this unfinished man was molded
Brought forth in desolation, searching for some mysterious amorphous
Undefined
Elusive solutions evade resolution
Questions lie scattered along the path
As I set out once again [...]

Labor Beat: Chicago Protests 5 Years of War

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

During the March 19, 2008 protests against 5 years of war and occupation in Iraq I was briefly interviewed by Labor Beat while I was demonstrating in an orange jumpsuit and hood indicative of the type of apparel used by the U.S. government for torture in its “detention facilities” across the globe. For the majority [...]