The wrapup from Charoset Madness 2009 is still to come, but today I thought I’d catch up with some of the photos I’ve taken recently. Above the entrance to the county courthouse, Bloomington, IN Weird WW2 statue at the courthouse in Bloomington A bike-and-coffee shop, Bloomington. (Good coffee, too!) Evansville, IN Teabaggers! Yep, they even [...]
During the Anglo-Irish war, this notice was posted in Macroom, County Cork, after the I.R.A. Flying Column killed eighteen elite British soldiers in a battle at nearby Kilmichael: NEW POLICE ORDER IN MACROOM December 1st, 1920. Whereas foul murders of servants of the Crown have been carried out by disaffected persons, and whereas [...]
Was thinking about Wu Zetian, one of my favorite historical personages of all time, and got to wondering just what was the share of the world’s population living in China during her reign. It appears to have been about 23% — that is to say, when she became Empress in her own name around 700 [...]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, season 8: If you thought that this TV show ended after season 7 finished five years ago, you’re right. “Season 8″ is a comic book series — currently at 22 issues (or “episodes” if you prefer) and counting, though I understand it’s going to run out to around 40 altogether. I’m [...]
Here’s to a good year of the ox! Lauren and I kicked off the new lunar year by attending a celebration at the Zen center in Sunnyvale, which was excellent all around, not least for having a festival lunch with 52 different vegetarian dishes (!) from all over the world, and beautiful calligraphy on display [...]
That dude is totally polishing their mirrors In the post the other day about Maoism, China and queer liberation, I mentioned how the Chinese word for comrade (同志 tongzhi) has come to mean “gay” in recent years. I think that’s rather beautiful actually, especially since the word literally means “equal determination” or “equal ambition”, and [...]
Back in a post before Turkey’n’Genocide Day, I mentioned Dave Fernbach’s The Spiral Path and described it as a Maoist-inspired book dealing with queer liberation. Commenting on that, Isaac wrote: So anyway, I’m curious. What’s the connection between Maoism and queer liberation? … [M]y only prior knowledge was that the maoist program promised free reeducation [...]
Yes, still alive. Been actually working this last week, oddly enough. Making steady progress with Chumash, which will hopefully pan out into (?) a useful and substantial topic that I can write on. Meanwhile, we seem to be adopting one of the neighborhood cats. I’m not sure when that process is actually complete — what’s [...]
(photo source) 59 years old today — not too shabby. Shame about the whole slide-into-fascism thing, though. I’ve been trying to write something here, attempting to break down the goals of my dissertation in non-linguisticky terms. It’s been kind of difficult, which is probably a good sign that I need to work through to a [...]
The missle-dragging iron snake of US imperialism is pinned down by “opposition from people of every country”: From this excellent collection of Chinese anti-imperialist cartoons.
