2 June 2006

God, I miss Seattle.

To my ears, "ultramontane" sounds like the title of the next Morrissey CD.

"I promise the American people that I will not abuse this new power, unless it becomes necessary to grant myself the power to do so at a later time."

Sucks is the most concise, emphatic way we have to say something is no good.

What the hell? Does no one respect the fist tap?

I had always suspected that the Taiwanese were down with Fresno poetry, but now I know for sure.

How is the novel going? I don't want to talk about it.

Sometimes, you pay out a lot of chips and it feels like your soul has been soaked in lighter fluid and then set aflame.

Where were the doctors and nurses at Abu Ghraib, Qaim, Bagram, and the other islands of the United States prison archipelago abroad when prisoners were being beaten, suspended, and degraded?