Posted in politics, thoughts, writing on July 20, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m sure I speak for many male hummn’ beans when I say I HEAR YOU! Okay, I’m a writer for Pete’s sake (who the heck is Pete anyway?) and I know you know I’m not hearing you. I’m writing a frikking metaphor here. The metaphor is “hear is read.” If I wanted to say it [...]
Posted in politics, writing on July 17, 2008 | No Comments »
Wednesday night, the Charlie Rose show on Springfield’s fine WSEC was garbled for the last five minutes of his super interview with The New Yorker Editor David Remnick. This is the 10th year with DR in that seat with TNY, and though CR had planned to devote most of it to a look back at [...]
Posted in politics, thoughts on July 16, 2008 | No Comments »
You tell me.
The president of a neighborhood association I belong to called a board meeting to discuss a report from Leadership Springfield, and contrary to everything I understand about organization bylaws, instructed me that our membership rank and file would not be notified of the board meeting.
– point for shi tis that all affairs of [...]
Posted in politics on June 22, 2008 | No Comments »
So who the fring-frang is Funky Wingerbean anyway? I met him as the high school nerd who grew into the young married who was an aspiring writer and lived above an Italian restaurant. There was a head portrait of a fellow who could be the guy who might greet you as you enter Wal-Mart (btw [...]
Posted in arts, politics, thoughts, writing on June 16, 2008 | No Comments »
He certainly seems to be. Case in point: Bedrock concerts, sponsored by “Samuel Adams” (nudge nudge, wink wink, ha ha, ta ta). Every local announcer break BUT ONE during the five hours I listened last Saturday to WUIS, Springfield’s new Radio BEER SHIL, had plugs for the Bedrock concert sponsored by “Samuel Adams” (nudge nudge, [...]
Posted in family, politics, thoughts, writing on June 15, 2008 | No Comments »
. . . but first this word form my intention. . . .
I aims (as #43 might slay) to post daily, which adds up to around seven times every week here at H&Q. This is because I am a writer with a few things on my mind which I hope YOU, the H&Q reader, [...]
Posted in politics on June 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
More than a year ago, I urged Honey & Quinine readers to vote for Joe Biden for president. If Barack Obama (whom I’ve always admired, respected, and imagined I would like) had not legitimately earned his place at the top of the ticket, I would be urging delegates to the Democrat nominating convention to nominate [...]
Posted in politics, writing on June 2, 2008 | No Comments »
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Posted in politics, writing on June 2, 2008 | No Comments »
The conflict now waged by Israel and her neighbor nations of disparate theology is no more the war of the United States than the war between Sioux and Apache (or other tribes of that earlier collective consciousness). It’s true that the citizens of the great nation of Israel seem to be 20th Century intruders, thieves [...]
Posted in politics, writing on June 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
saying . . . . . . .
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is give peas a chance.
