38 posts tagged “moblog”
Doesn't this go without saying?
- Barry
(from the Treo)
But we finally got enough wind to sail under.
- Barry
(from the Treo)
Thanks to a generous neighbor.
- Barry
(from the Treo)
Whenever I use a public men's room I make a point to leave the seat up. Sure it's a pathetically pedestrian act of rebellion but we takes our pleasures where we can.
It is an opporunity to break with conditioning, to convince myself that my mind is still my own.
- Barry
(from the Treo)
Sun's On It's Way....
The Bike Lady!
AND THE CALAMARI IS HERE!
I'd be too chicken..
- Barry
(from the Treo)
Evidently NPR is doing a series on War Writings. This morning's interview is with Somolian novelist Nuruddin Farah who's been in exile for some time for - as he puts it - criticizing the Somolian government. Not the first dissident - African or otherwise - who has been so sanctioned. But for the first time this morning I heard an African author place blame on Africans, as well as the legacy of European colonialism, for Africa's problems. I recognize that I've lead a cloistered life and that I'm not particularly bright but this struck me. I've thought as much for a while now, but labeled it as my own naivete at work. I'm no Africa scholar by any means. Howeve, it dehumanizes Africans, in my view, to categorically paint them the victim. The knee jerk in me blanches at being mistaken as a Neo-con (shades of Armstrong Williams) and let's be honest, I'm an American which presupposes that I'm intellectually lazy.
But enough with the hand wringing. I need another cup of coffee and you need to get to reading.
An excerpt from Nuruddin's novel "Knots'" an be found here: www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11726071
- Barry
(from the Treo)
Time to go home... Wonder if any Bacon Burger Dawgs are left...
- Barry
(from the Treo)
