trying to finish a big push by the end of the month

will try to return to blogging soon!

city lights penny arcade book release

inevitable

nothing but the waste of war
keeps the present system of society going, and that the system,
in turn, breeds conditions that make war between nations
almost inevitable

GAYLORD WILSHIRE.
Dec. 14, 1907.

connected

Just got my digital recorder for recLAmation soundscape production. Back to work...

headlines

Sometimes the booming bass from nearby traffic comes through my window. It adds a thickness to the air, unexpected movement, and it feels like an incoming message. It's noise I can't help but hear and feel. Sometimes facts and figures are so loud I can't help but stop like a deer in headlights. Perhaps a deer doesn't belong on a freeway or a freeway doesn't belong in a forest.

From Democracy Now! Headlines:

Report: 237 Members of Congress Are Millionaires

A new report by the Center for Responsive Politics has found that 237 members of Congress are millionaires. That’s 44 percent of the body. California Republican Darrell Issa is the richest lawmaker with a net worth estimated at just over $250 million. At least seven lawmakers have net worths greater than $100 million.

CDC Criticized for Distributing Scarce Flu Vaccines to Wall St. Firms

And calls are growing for an investigation into why health officials have handed out swine flu vaccines to some of Wall Street’s leading financial firms while they’re unavailable to most Americans. More than a dozen companies were given the vaccines, including Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase. The Center for Disease Control says the companies met several criteria, including having a large number of employees and their own medical staff. But critics say the CDC has violated its own calls to distribute the vaccine only to those at highest risk. In a statement, Melanie Sloan of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington said, “Although CREW has been unable to uncover the demographic makeup of [these companies], it seems safe to assume the vast majority of their employees are not pregnant women, infants and children, young adults up to 24 years old, and healthcare workers.”

Bilerco uh oh - Mattilda's roundtable for Maximum RnR

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore created a roundtable for the October queer issue of Maximum Rocknroll - it was fun to participate, but the Bilerco reposting of the article sparked comments that have ignited a gay inferno. So much smoke it is hard to breathe...

Why gay marriage IS the End of the World (or the queer world, at least)

pumpkin kitty homage to miss melody

This should have been up last night - the pumpkin kitty model & inspiration miss melody (on michelle's bed pre and post carving).