http://revision99.com Harshing your mellow since 2004. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:54:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On balance I guess you'd say I'm a melancholy guy. I was just thinking I've written too many downer political statements on this blog and it was about time I got back to frivolous stuff, the kind of stuff you write about when you are social networking, like American Idol and ... http://revision99.com/2010/03/03/its-your-ribs/ Remember this? Ned Beatty gives a dumbfounded Peter Finch the facts of life about "the primal forces of nature," from Paddy Chayefsky's 1976 script, "Network." It could be today, except the televisions are bigger and some of the corporations have changed their names. We are so fucked. http://revision99.com/2010/02/27/you-will-atone/ I expected President Obama's first State of the Union speech to be dramatic, eloquent and inspirational. And it was all those things. He's a fine public speaker, probably the best in the White House since Jack Kennedy. He struck most of the right chords, beginning in a somber tone, acknowledging that ... http://revision99.com/2010/01/27/state-of-the-union-2010/ UPDATE: A better-written (and darker) discussion of this topic is available here. ********************************************************************** For those members of America's dumb-ass electorate who don't know why I keep yelling about the Supreme Court whenever there's a presidential election... ...take a look at last Thursday's horrible decision. The court, which is packed with corporate shills, ... http://revision99.com/2010/01/24/even-better-than-fascism/ You know how when you're going to work, driving on the freeway? You're running a little late, so most of the worker bees are already off the road, at their jobs, so traffic is a little congested, but not too bad and you're rolling along at maybe 45 MPH, and you're ... http://revision99.com/2010/01/07/i-hate-it-when-that-happens/ As the new year clicked over last Thursday night I pondered the situation in the world, as if I have any idea what the hell is going on. All the major stuff is bad: The economies of the world are reverting back to feudalism, leaving only the super-rich and the dirt ... http://revision99.com/2010/01/05/meet-the-new-year-same-as-the-old-year/ On this first day of the year 2010, there is a half-heartedness in the air. The happy-new-years are spoken without any force. I don't know anybody who really believes it will be a happy year. I don't look anyone in the eye and say the words. I want to, but I ... http://revision99.com/2009/12/31/welcome-to-2010/ A happy, rockin' Solstice season to all! I love this time of year. I like the short days, the long shadows, the cold weather (I know, I know, you people in Minnesota could tell me a thing or two about cold weather). I love the way my neighbors put lights all ... http://revision99.com/2009/12/20/run-rudolph/ In my previous post I didn't mean to suggest that I have more important or more difficult problems than anyone else in the world. My goals and my secret travails seem crucial to me, but I am aware that I have it pretty good compared to billions other people in the ... http://revision99.com/2009/12/12/disclaimer/ I feel as if I'm headed for some kind of breakdown, or blowup. First, heartfelt thanks to you who noticed my low morale in the previous post, and wrote to help me out. You did help me. Here's where I'm at these days. The past few months have been difficult. I've lost ... http://revision99.com/2009/12/01/living-in-fear/