Monthly Archives: July 2013

2013 Darwin Awards

2013 Yes, it’s that magical time of year again when the Darwin Awards are bestowed, honoring the least evolved among us. Here Is The Glorious Winner: 1. When his .38 caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a hold-up in Long Beach, California would-be robber James Elliot did something that can only […]

ROADS OF THE FLYOVER Part 2 by Peter Nolan Smith

“We have nothing like this in England,” Brock said, as he filmed the Mississippi spreading onto its broad flood plain north of St. Louis. “Is this going to be in your movie?” I hadn’t asked too many questions about his Barry Flanagan project. “You never know what will mean something in a film.” Brock was […]

Two Negatives Do Not Add Up To A Positive

In simple Math multiplying two negatives result in a positive sum, however -1 + -1 = -2 and earlier in the month internet panic-mongerers announced that the multinational agriculture giant Monsanto ie Thorne Enterprises of THE OMEN had purchased a mercenary army from Academi aka XE or the infamous Blackwater renowned worldwide for pedophilia in […]

Ich Bin Ein Amerikaner

Last night my landlord/friend AP and I were joined by his loving daughter on the roof of the Fort Greene Observatory. AP hugged Lizzie and pointed out stars. It was a clear sky for New York. “Up there is Alpha Centuari. It’s the closest star to Earth.” “How far away?” Lizzie was a curious child. […]

Great Barrier Wasteland

Australia is a huge island with tremendous mineral deposits and proximity to China. Miners work triple-shifts in the Western Desert to satisfy the power demands of Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. Geologists recently discovered a vast Queensland coalfield in Eastern Australia and the country’s Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Water has announced an impending […]