“This place is holding me back,” I hear him say. Or: “I need a fresh start – I have too much history here,” she mutters. So begins the now-common ritual of transplanting our much-too-mobile bones from one place to another in the misplaced hope that what is wrong with our lives has to do with our geography […]
Archive for January, 2009
I have occasionally been accused of being cynical, mostly by a bunch of jerks. I will readily confess that I have a tendency towards seeing what’s wrong instead of what’s right, and that the words coming out of my mouth are often called “pessimistic,” “negative,” and “gloomy”—especially by empty-headed optimists. I recognize that cynicism (or its […]
A 14-year old Beatles fan interviewed John Lennon about peace in 1969. Now set to brilliantly executed animation. Cheers to my friend Adam for showing this to me.
