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Mar 05 2008

Way to go NIN!

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Ghosts I-IV released under a Creative Commons license. Yet another step in the right direction. Nine Inch Nails is also offering the first nine tracks of Ghost free of charge. DRM free MP3s LAME encoded. Maybe it won’t topple Evil Empire #1XX (the RIAA), but maybe it goes a long way in showing that piracy […]

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Mar 03 2008

Answering the call to Poetry

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One of the ladies from CC challenged other poets to answer why it is we love poetry. It took a lot of thought, but this is the response I gave: I gravitate towards poetry because for me, it’s often the translation of a world I rarely understand into words that I can understand. Short stories, […]

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Mar 03 2008

These Are the Hands

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Inspired by Susan. When I look at them, sometimes I see my mother. At other times, I see my father. I’ve not always liked them, finding fault in the size of my fingers, the shape of my nails, or the often calloused, rough-hewn texture of them. These are the hands of a survivor, a warrior […]

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Mar 01 2008

Coolest Gadgets Evah

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Ooooh, I just can’t wait: OpenMoko!

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Feb 27 2008

Yesterday

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Yesterday was my father’s six year anniversary. Six years clean and sober. Six years of stability, of staying on his medication, and participating in our lives. Six years of living proof that people can change, can drag themselves back from the abyss, and be stronger. I am proud of my father.

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