Monthly Archives: September 2006

The terrorists win again, thanks to GOP…

Posted on September 29, 2006 by Robert Devereaux

And the Constitution is further dismantled by our so-called representatives, infuriating cowardly robots on the Republican side, insufficiently oppositional, abandoning even an attempt at a filibuster on the Democratic side, handing the sociopathic asshole in the White House even more … Continue reading →

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Airports…

Posted on September 27, 2006 by Robert Devereaux

I was in Denver International Airport Monday and Tuesday, jetting back and forth to L.A. It had been at least a year since my last plane flight. How sad and omnipresent the institutionalized paranoia is. "Due to heightened security…" really … Continue reading →

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Gizmos that neatly distract…

Posted on September 25, 2006 by Robert Devereaux

Technology provides such delightful time wasters. There are the obvious ones, TV and movies and such. Then there are the delightful offshoots. Lately, some of my spare time has been eaten away flying above and between old addresses, some of … Continue reading →

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The great compromise continues…

Posted on September 22, 2006 by Robert Devereaux

This is an apology to the world for the sorry state of U.S. politics. Yesterday, after putting up a fake struggle of principle against torture and Bush’s violations of the Geneva conventions, the so-called rebellious Republican senators, led by that … Continue reading →

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The ears too well trained…

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Robert Devereaux

How wondrous, though halting, it was to discover opera in my early twenties! I had been fortunate, trombone player that I was from 4th through 12th grade, to have an after-school music theory and appreciation class from our assistant band … Continue reading →

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A game of Go…

Posted on September 18, 2006 by Robert Devereaux

My father’s father, with the bushy eyebrows, who lived (when he lived) in Union, New Jersey, used to beat the pants off me in chess.  No letting the little kid win so as not to discourage him.  Nor did it. … Continue reading →

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One of the deadly sins…

Posted on September 15, 2006 by Robert Devereaux

I want to talk about sloth. It’s one of my favorite vices. Especially does it kick in when I contemplate working outside the house, mowing the lawn, weed-whacking, picking up hordes of dropped pears, re-staining the sides of the hot … Continue reading →

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In praise of Sounds True…

Posted on September 13, 2006 by Robert Devereaux

We’re just back, Vicki and I, from three days in Santa Fe and two days in Taos, two of our favorite places which we try to visit at least once per year. We chanced upon the burning of Old Man … Continue reading →

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The full impact of 9-11

Posted on September 11, 2006 by Robert Devereaux

Today’s my birthday.  The eleventh of September. I find it strange but not traumatizing to share this date with the tragedy that befell this nation five years ago today.  I suppose if I were in my teens or twenties, I … Continue reading →

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Aleister Crowley…

Posted on September 8, 2006 by Robert Devereaux

I’m currently reading Do What Thou Wilt, a biography of Aleister Crowley.  Great fun, about a real oddball who may have been the true father of Barbara Bush and therefore the grandfather of the anti-Christ plaguing the political scene. Yes, … Continue reading →

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