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PLATFORM OF MY PITH
June 25, 2008 – 2:05 pm | No Comment

(A MISPLACED FLASHBACK FROM WINTRY UGLINESS IN MILWAUKEE)
“I am guilty, Lord, but I am also a lover – and I am one of your best people, as you know; and yea tho I have walked in many strange shadows and acted crazy from time to time and even drooled on many High Priests, I have [...]

Walgreen’s is my god.
May 23, 2008 – 6:55 am | No Comment

Walgreen’s is my god. I will have no gods above thee.
Down the street from where I live is a Walgreen’s, a store that is part pharmacy, part convenience store, and entirely without shame for the contradictions within. Where else can one fill prescriptions for pain killers, anti-depressants, and erectile dysfunction while also acquiring two pounds [...]

Idealism, and the Future
April 13, 2008 – 6:14 am | No Comment

Is it wrong to wish I lived in a different era? One where I didn’t feel shame and embarrassment over what we have become and are increasingly becoming. I feel no optimism for the future I was told to expect, It isn’t that I wish for something we never were, rather my desire is for [...]