Two--Four

The Way Home

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:42:42 GMT

"Home becomes a foreign land."

Scott DeSalvo verges on The Shattering. Before I invited them to throw me out of that place, I used to tell him, "You're going to come to me." This is part of what I had in mind. It involves realization of reality. I cannot imagine the mental anemia that must be required to countenance the run of politics...

DeathCare

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:41:06 GMT

"Once Buffalo enjoys the benefits of Hamilton-level health care, I wonder where Ontario will be shipping the preemies to. Costa Rica?"

Pretty funny, Steyn. Now that we've had our laugh over it, let's think about it again. It will come to a point where they won't get shipped anywhere until after...

"Let That Boy Boogie"

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:18:01 GMT

The country goes to hell, and I just fiddle with guitars. I might post-up yesterday's viddie of the phone call with Mike Amdur (me high-flame homo keyboard monster mate of old) in the middle of the front porch session with the Fender Vibrolux. I've burned through about eight hours with that amplifier this week since Malaysia: high-gain testing with the Behringer V-amp managing sounds on the front end. I actually have the V-amp pedal out now and I'm switching between three different...

When The Light's Gone

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:37:01 GMT

So, I was e'splainin' in e-mail...

"To paraphrase from Jimmy Buffet: 'wasting away, these days, in Resignationville.' They're just fucking doing it to us, man. Yesterday, I had an AM radio in reach all day. I listened to Glen Beck, Limbaugh, and Hannity, in turn, screaming about that Waxman-Markey abomination; 'Call your representatives!' they exhorted. Had guests on, explaining how all the calls were running three or four-to-one against this thing,...

On The Devolution Tip

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:13:08 GMT
Ed Rasimus minutes:
"But, my point�(drum roll, please)�'devolution.' I don�t equate it as Smith does with societal reversion or decline. The classic definition in political science of devolution is one of a reversal of the 20th century dismantling of the Constitutional federal system. It is a rediscovery...

On Michael

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:54:05 GMT
I hadn't really missed Michael Jackson in many years. There had been a time when I had, beginning right around "Thriller". I was always ready to congratulate him on the monster success of that record. However, I didn't get "Billie Jean", and I still don't. It was the work of The Jackson 5 that had stamped me. In my experience, that project had come perfectly in trail of black American music threads like Jackie Wilson and...

Devolution

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:15:10 GMT

"While some see a collapse of society in our future, right now I see devolution, not revolution. Devolution is both the process of degeneration and the surrender of governmental powers from central authorities to local authorities. Devolution will take many forms. The key driver behind devolution is simple: there's not enough money to fund the status quo, so something has to be cut, axed, trimmed or devolved....

Hardware Goofs

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:33:13 GMT
Well, I always hate it when the power supply to the main desktop system blows up. Dammit. That's usually a big cramp in operations around here. Fortunately, my hardware go-to guy, Garry, had one to spare, so the dual-core rig is back up now. (I also took the time to disassemble and thoroughly clean this Honeywell 63S-1E keyboard. Scrubbed every key with a toothbrush, I did, and it was worth it. This is a Cadillac of a word-sabre, and now it looks as good as it feels. Love that.)...

A Premise Jot

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:12:43 GMT
A jot on the daily tour so far: *** Warren Meyer --
"Certainly one driver of statism is arrogance � the technocratic belief that one�s intellectual capacity and decision-making ability is superior to that of the masses, and therefore should be substituted (via authoritarian control) for that of...

"Endarkenment" (A Local Etiology)

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:31:58 GMT
(enquired in e-mail)
"One question: did you invent the term 'Endarkenment'? If so, I'll unhappily congratulate you on naming a concept that perfectly describes what's going on right now."
No. I cannot take credit for an original flash of brain which raised that percept (the word) in my consciousness. What happened when I first saw it is that the concept -- the counter-Enlightenment -- was instantly...