Here’s the thing about me: I am really, really nostalgic, and one of the effects of this has always been that hearing songs from my past has a profound impact on me. I can often be whisked back to my youth in a moment and recall things that I haven’t thought about in years, just […]
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The Discontent of Injustice
By Sky Now comes the spring of our discontent, made furious by injustice done at Capricorn’s end. The death of an innocent, lawmen’s hands bloody red, now more than two summers gone. Out of a Court of Orange, twelve of our own, scattered like sheep, blind to defend what they saw. Lawless legionaries, swords […]
Pot-Smoking Beats Homosexuality!
According to a recent study whose conclusions were literally just reached on Sunday at around 7pm, there are more devoutly religious people in Seattle than in San Francisco. Such a finding is startling at first blush since Seattle is such a hyper left-leaning city, and everyone knows that the only non-Republicans who can possibly be […]
Stuff I Like: Europe in the ’90s
I’m not a sociologist, so I don’t really know when I technically “grew up.” Since I went from age 6 to 16 in the 1980s, a case could be made that I grew up in that decade. Still, I feel like it was during my time aged 16 to 26 that I actually became who I am […]
Lessons in Humanity from My Hippie Uncle
Words and Art by Amanda I credit my uncle with giving me a conscience regarding social issues. Before becoming Fundamentalists, my parents named him, my father’s brother and the only Democrat, hippie, vegetarian, nature loving, travel the world on foot, humanitarian, please-donate-to-Unicef-as-my-Christmas-present male in the family, as my godfather. I am eternally grateful for this […]
Stuff I Like: Über Poignant Films
I don’t know about you, but I am something of a film buff. When it comes to my favorite film genre, however, unfortunately it doesn’t really have a convenient label, so I’ll have to describe it and give examples. I absolutely love those films that lean heavily on dialogue and conversation, that are character-driven, that […]