Tag: Rant
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Late August Sunday Morning Ride
Late August Sunday Morning Ride The 7:am airVery warm and dryWhite paintbrush dabsIn the northern skyLike waves-crestsOn a tranquil blueSea Long morning shadowsCast across our pathA strobelight effectDisorienting in its aspectDodging skinksSlow to react Saw a hawkI thinkToo far awayTo be sureCertainly lookedLike a hawkishLanding on thatDead tree branchAs it surveyedThe riverbedBelow Lots of bikers…
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Public Libraries Failing Us In The Digital Age
Library Rant As a library member whose taxes help fund it, I find it galling that in this digital age, I have to put a book that I’m interested in on hold for weeks (sometimes months). All digital media that the library boasts (claims they have on their digital ‘shelves’) should be available to any…
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Talk About Alternate Universes
Describe your life in an alternate universe. Either we or our ‘owners’ are already living in ‘alternate universes’. It’s definitely not the same universe for the ruling class and the ‘masses’ (us). A universe of opulence for the ruling class vs a universe of austerity for at least 90% of the inhabitants of our mother,…
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Lesson Learned
What’s the most money you’ve ever spent on a meal? Was it worth it? I don’t remember exactly, but it was enough that I had to use a credit card since I didn’t have that much cash on me… It was definitely NOT worth it. In any and all of those situations with ‘expensive’ meals,…
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Explosion Of Homelessness
Explosion Of Homelessness Since I arrived in TucsonThe number of homeless hasIncreased by at least five times Unless something is doneI expect the dry riverbed will becomeA homeless community end to end And then whatWhen the monsoons comeAs they surely will, sooner or later? Only one answerEat the rich and theirLickspittles governing us For their…
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Election Day Eve
Election Day Eve With the general election tomorrow and the inevitable fallout (perhaps even worse than last time around), I suspect I’ll be ranting here more. Even though the owners of the country refuse to discuss it, the American Empire is in decline. And everyone not in the upper ten percent of the economic higherarchy…
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