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2011.02.03 : Tyrant Tyrannizes

If you've been ruling a country of 80 million people by fear for 30 years, you can certainly roust up a few hundred, or even a couple of thousand, thugs on a week's notice - to go out and rough up peaceful protestors, to instigate violence, to foment chaos. So that you can cling to power as the saviour from chaos. Bastard.... (read more)

2011.01.05 : Some Xmas Shots
To Include A Few Of My Father, The Hero
And Also Plus My Awesome Sisters

'I see it only that thyself is here, and art and nature, hope and fate, friends, angels and the supreme being shall not be absent from the chamber where thou sittest.' - Emerson... (read more)

2010.09.02 : Lovely Things That Can Happen in DC (and Parts Further South)

"Whether at Naishapur or Babylon, / Whether the Cup with sweet or bitter run, / The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop, / The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one.... (read more)

2008.05.24 : Jews for Jefferson
Photos et vidéo de Paris - Trois

So, Danielle, in her inimitable way, suggested "you should take off your sunglasses for at least one damn photo." I've scoured the entire set - and this is it. A tiny, silly photo taken in a mirror at the back of a restaurant. That's the one photo of me from the entire trip not wearing sunglasses. Oops.... (read more)

2007.05.17 : We're All Harry Now
(plus Night of the Living Forklifts)

So if you haven't been following along, Prince Harry - third in line to the throne - joined the Army.... (read more)

2007.03.01 : New Book / Old Book

Today is the official U.S. publication date of The Manuscript. It's also the day I finally knocked up a web site for Pandora's Sisters. Have a look.... (read more)

2006.09.20 : 2006.09.20
Pt I : Asses and Holes in the Ground
Pt II : The Old Suck-Ass Inn

I was up early again (camping!), right on time for a truly fab cooked breakfast - and cooked by a really lovely old whiskered gentleman. I felt like calling him "Cookie" and asking if I could carry the tin mugs over from the wagon for him... (read more)

2005.11.16 : Cold Lampin' With Flavor

I went and saw Public Enemy at the Forum last night. That might be 'nuff said.... (read more)

2005.08.15 : RIP Percy

"From too much love of living, / From hope and fear set free, / We thank with brief thanksgiving / Whatever gods may be / That no life lives for ever; / That dead men rise up never; / That even the weariest river / Winds somewhere safe to sea." ... (read more)

2002.12.20 : "Home, Snively."

The hop from Amboseli to Nairobi was painless, and our quick drive-by of downtown Nairobi tended to underscore why we weren't being dropped off in the city proper. Lamentably, these days, Nairobi is literally one of the most dangerous and crime-ridden cities on the planet. ... (read more)

2002.10.24 : Sibling Revelry

Sara landed in Quito three nights ago. All four of us, my three adult sisters and I, seemingly following some genetically hard-wired agitation timer, have simultaneously thrown ourselves into massive transition. ... (read more)

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	Dispatches tagged as: d (11) 2011.02.03 : Tyrant Tyrannizes If you've been ruling a country of 80 million people by fear for 30 years, you can certainly roust up a few hundred, or even a couple of thousand, thugs on a week's notice - to go out and rough up peaceful protestors, to instigate violence, to foment chaos. So that you can cling to power as the saviour from chaos. Bastard.... (read more) 2011.01.05 : Some Xmas Shots To Include A Few Of My Father, The Hero And Also Plus My Awesome Sisters 'I see it only that thyself is here, and art and nature, hope and fate, friends, angels and the supreme being shall not be absent from the chamber where thou sittest.' - Emerson... (read more) 2010.09.02 : Lovely Things That Can Happen in DC (and Parts Further South) "Whether at Naishapur or Babylon, / Whether the Cup with sweet or bitter run, / The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop, / The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one.... (read more) 2008.05.24 : Jews for Jefferson Photos et vidéo de Paris - Trois So, Danielle, in her inimitable way, suggested "you should take off your sunglasses for at least one damn photo." I've scoured the entire set - and this is it. A tiny, silly photo taken in a mirror at the back of a restaurant. That's the one photo of me from the entire trip not wearing sunglasses. Oops.... (read more) 2007.05.17 : We're All Harry Now (plus Night of the Living Forklifts) So if you haven't been following along, Prince Harry - third in line to the throne - joined the Army.... (read more) 2007.03.01 : New Book / Old Book Today is the official U.S. publication date of The Manuscript. It's also the day I finally knocked up a web site for Pandora's Sisters. Have a look.... (read more) 2006.09.20 : 2006.09.20 Pt I : Asses and Holes in the Ground Pt II : The Old Suck-Ass Inn I was up early again (camping!), right on time for a truly fab cooked breakfast - and cooked by a really lovely old whiskered gentleman. I felt like calling him "Cookie" and asking if I could carry the tin mugs over from the wagon for him... (read more) 2005.11.16 : Cold Lampin' With Flavor I went and saw Public Enemy at the Forum last night. That might be 'nuff said.... (read more) 2005.08.15 : RIP Percy "From too much love of living, / From hope and fear set free, / We thank with brief thanksgiving / Whatever gods may be / That no life lives for ever; / That dead men rise up never; / That even the weariest river / Winds somewhere safe to sea." ... (read more) 2002.12.20 : "Home, Snively." The hop from Amboseli to Nairobi was painless, and our quick drive-by of downtown Nairobi tended to underscore why we weren't being dropped off in the city proper. Lamentably, these days, Nairobi is literally one of the most dangerous and crime-ridden cities on the planet. ... (read more) 2002.10.24 : Sibling Revelry Sara landed in Quito three nights ago. All four of us, my three adult sisters and I, seemingly following some genetically hard-wired agitation timer, have simultaneously thrown ourselves into massive transition. ... (read more)