http://afterbirthist.wordpress.com proclamations and observations for a time coming undone Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:04:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en **for those of you unpatriotic types who continue to criticize our government for offering a helping hand to the corporations who are suffering from our reckless spending and housing needs, i hope this sets ya'll straight. fannie mae cares! god bless america, and god bless fannie mae! Fannie Mae forgives loan for ... http://afterbirthist.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/oh-no-miss-polk-musta-done-shot-herself/ **** i fully support the extradition of the following list of smut from the fragile minds of our youth, with the single exception of aristophanes, who was in fact born nearly 500 years before christ. -r (Saw this on Joy Harjo's Blog and decided to forward) The following is a list of books ... http://afterbirthist.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/nineteen-eighty-four/ after a week of dragging 50 lbs of everything i own back and forth across portland, cheap tacos and cheaper whiskey, sleeping in parks and parking lots, nearly biting through my tongue in the face of a manipulative employer, stringing me along for mere pocket change, and all for the ... http://afterbirthist.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/son-you-dropped-something/ G C G i tried to sketch ... http://afterbirthist.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/a-lullaby-of-sorts/ last nite, i found myself in a state of panic. no money, no food, no job, and worst of all, no cigarettes. the unknown became overwhelmingly daunting. over the past couple years, i've mastered the ability to involuntarily transcend into a euphoric haze during such events. the aforementioned was accompanied ... http://afterbirthist.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/buy-back-your-soul/ why do the ones who feel the most detached from their personal destiny, the ones who feel they have the least control of their own lives, always compensate by relentlessly demanding control of someone else's? is the delicate balance between striving for something greater than themselves, and completely surrendering to the ... http://afterbirthist.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/my-heroes-have-always-been-cowboys/ Mutiny of the Soul Charles Eisenstein Depression, anxiety, and fatigue are an essential part of a process of metamorphosis that is unfolding on the planet today, and highly significant for the light they shed on the transition from an old world to a new. When a growing fatigue or depression becomes serious, ... http://afterbirthist.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/maybe-the-house-is-on-fire/ Utah Phillips - singer, songwriter, activist, raconteur and unionist Aidin Vaziri, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, May 27, 2008 sfgate_get_fprefs(); Bruce "U. Utah" Phillips, the Grammy-nominated folk singer known for his bushy white beard, tireless tour schedule and equally tireless work for social justice, died of congestive heart failure Friday at his home ... http://afterbirthist.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/get-rid-of-the-bum-on-the-plush/ http://afterbirthist.wordpress.com/2008/05/26/girl-you-aint-a-top/ a few days ago, i threw my back out for the very first time. and i wasnt even trying to blow myself. it involved an incredibly heroic feat with a patio table. but aside from the miserable and constant pain, and the pathetic helplessness, i was left to the mercy ... http://afterbirthist.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/freak-magnetism-brings-me-down/ i aint so good at small talk. i dont have small thoughts. my visions are grandiose, ridiculous. in fact, they are eating me alive. i CHOOSE to compensate these lonely and overwhelming nightmares with simple pleasures. i do absolutely nothing for days on end, and you're not invited. i'm a champion ... http://afterbirthist.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/about-me/ The Mike Wallace Interview Aldous Huxley 5/18/58 Aldous Huxley, social critic and author of Brave New World, talks to Wallace about threats to freedom in the United States, overpopulation, bureaucracy, propaganda, drugs, advertising, and television. http://afterbirthist.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/brave-new-world/ there's a place in hell for these freaks.. (i swear, it's not me) oh well, at least she appeared to enjoy herself http://afterbirthist.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/butterscotch-deflowered/ http://afterbirthist.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/pacaderm-picasso/ charlton heston was a real son-of-a-bitch, and probably one of the finest comedic actors of all time. having such an extraordinary presence in hollywood, with side-splitters like "the ten commandments" and "ben hur", it often became difficult to differentiate the man from his super-human abilities, on screen and off. at ... http://afterbirthist.wordpress.com/2008/04/06/charlton-heston-resurrected-at-83/