I am retired from laboring for 17 years, now a writer. I have two books on the market, collections of short stories. My current project is my first serious effort at a novel. I have been a political person ever since I saw the dark side of society and how our leaders take advantage of us, from late childhood. Always been radicalized. My avatar is Thomas Paine, one of my favorite characters of history. Now I am over eighty and I pass the torch on to the firebrands who would usher a calmer, politer, socialism to serve. Anything less is to fail. I plan to be social to the extent life affords me and to write until somebody lifts my cold dead fingers away from the keyboard. That and to work to keep my simple home operating.
Tue 26 May, 2026 05:53 pm - When my son was very small and visiting his grandmother, he opened a closet to reveal a loaded shotgun leaning against a wall. He reached and pushed on the trigger, and blew a hole in the ceiling.... (view)
Sun 24 May, 2026 11:28 pm - [img width=600]https://media.newyorker.com/cartoons/6a0387da0ffb1fb37835331b/master/pass/a27247.jpg[/img]
I feel like puncturing him myself. (view)
Sun 24 May, 2026 12:47 pm - George Orwell
"All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting." (view)
Sat 23 May, 2026 09:46 pm - [img width=600]https://media.newyorker.com/cartoons/6a0387da0ffb1fb37835331b/master/pass/a27247.jpg[/img]
If only he could fight that well. (view)
Thu 21 May, 2026 07:58 am - [img width=600]https://media.newyorker.com/cartoons/6a0387da0ffb1fb37835331b/master/pass/a27247.jpg[/img]
When the pixie dust wears off - YOWCHA (view)
Thu 21 May, 2026 07:18 am - What's inaccurate:"its DNA is itself a product of the emergence of two different DNA patterns."
This is not correct for cloning (specifically somatic cell nuclear transfer, the main... (view)
