Mary-Kate Olsen And Olivier Sarkozy, are often in the news these days. In an age of total decline of the industrialized Western nations, the rise of power blocks in the Global South and Far East, increased Public Sector Austerity, near bankruptcy of several governments, genocide in some global flashpoints, wars, rumors of war, the disintergration […]
Amor
love, dating, related annoyances
They say red hair and green eyes were the mark of a witch
The tears run up my spine, by hydraulic action, somewhat less than divine, this morning’s twilight hides, remembrance. A light well etched, on burning screen. Return receipt, message rejected by domain a mailbox empty as a vacant home, occupied by meth fiends. The world is thawing, early spring, the air is heavy, with regret. A […]
Ennui and a dull blade, Thoughts on High Fidelity (2000)
“What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because […]
Chivalry, Love and Romance, Speculations on Origins – First Stab
By Kemal, Our favorite Desi FUPA, Ms. Treta Yuga, made an interesting point about the possibility of Indian Tantric ideas underlying the Western Tradition of Chivalric Romantic love, through a Muslim Sufi influence. (On the side most of this reflects the Treta Yuga more than the Satya Yuga, in that these matters concern a dim […]