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I’m sorry, Monsieur Papier, that I’ve not followed my original thesis exactly–Collectives become impossible beyond a certain size because gaining consensus with too many people in the room becomes impossible. The co-ops that survive have had to move toward more traditional and hierarchical styles of organization and management so thatContinue Reading

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First Posted 11-Dec-2014 When I was young, when (maybe not at the same time) I was down, calling a shelter or church social hall home, peril seemed imminent. If I didn’t handle something right then, trouble. A week was a long time. As I’ve aged, and as I’ve sought toContinue Reading

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I’m supposed to what? Behave in a way pleasing to you, whom I’ve never met and know nothing about? I am somehow expected to behave in an unknowable, amenable way because you read this blog. Even if I were able to discern the ways in which I am supposed toContinue Reading

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Oh Yes I Did. I wondered what some sacred cows of the RVA protest crowd might be. This bunch foments a childish, petulant wish for an impossible utopia they call anarchy. Anarchy seems to be a code-word for “you must follow my rules but I don’t have to follow yours.”Continue Reading

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First Posted 26-Dec-2014 I owe my Dad an apology, again. When I was a kid I was so pissed off at him for buying me a stupid ukulele. Four strings, sounded like crap, and was strung so I could finger chords with my right hand. I’m missing part of myContinue Reading

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Anger feels good. It’s an adrenaline rush. You can aim it at a news story, get all fired up, tweet your friends, spend a few hours with a couple of hundred like-minded folk facing down riot police, good times. There are enough stories that reach the headlines about brutality byContinue Reading

Socialist Christ

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First Posted 30-Dec-2014 My Dad has become a troll. He does this thing at least once each time I visit him. He’ll throw a macro-aggressive statement out there to trigger me. Sometimes, when I was younger, I flung words back at him. These days, though, I’ve learned to dodge his rhetoricalContinue Reading

Happy New Year 2015

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First Posted 29-Dec-2014 So, it seems that an easy out in a space like this is to use WordPress to publish lists. Sort of like phoning in a blog post. You come up with a list of oh, 10 Ways to Win the Lottery, 10 Naked Celebrities or 10 SpectacularContinue Reading

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First Posted 04-Jan-2015 It is a rainy, sleepy Saturday as I type this. I’m halfway through the usual chores. I’ll punctuate the day with another nap. Then, to finish what I started–laundry being next. This thought, though, wouldn’t leave me alone: my frame of reference is as the black swanContinue Reading