http://www.sharpsand.net Joseph Duemer Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:02:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My month in paradise has come to an end & I have returned to . . . paradise. It is lovely to be home, though it's going to take a while to get through the mail. I already feel a bit of nostalgia for BMC, but am also carrying forward ... http://www.sharpsand.net/2008/07/18/home/ I've been circumspect blogging about BMC -- I don't want to have the sense that I'm invading anyone's privacy, while at the same time wanting to give some impression of my time here. (I have in fact password protected one post that seemed overly personal.) Now that the month is ... http://www.sharpsand.net/2008/07/15/bmc-finishing-up/ But usually it's my last name. The Washington Post got that right, but called me James in this piece by ombudsman Deboara Howell. Along with 1,700 other people, I wrote to protest the Post's sleazy article on Barack Obama's mortgage. Howell's article is pretty wishy-washy, but ultimately agrees, I think, ... http://www.sharpsand.net/2008/07/13/they-always-get-my-name-wrong/ Testing out a slideshow service here. http://www.sharpsand.net/2008/07/12/my-life-with-dogs/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://www.sharpsand.net/2008/07/08/pizza-for-twenty/ Didn't get a lot of writing done during my second week, but I read a great deal & thought about what I was reading, which is often the way I feed the work. I like the semi-solitude here, but a month of it will be enough. As with most arts ... http://www.sharpsand.net/2008/07/04/bmc-week-two/ I think I want my money back. The money I've sent to the Obama campaign & the DNC over the last few months, that is. First Obama sells out the 4th Amendment by supporting the wiretapping "compromise," then yesterday he writes off my political generation by sneering at "the sixties" ... http://www.sharpsand.net/2008/07/01/buyers-remorse/ Here is a link to pictures of BMC. I'll post more to the set in the next few days. http://www.sharpsand.net/2008/06/30/bmc-photos/ To be honest, the first couple of days I just decompressed. While other residents were saying things like "each day is so precious I can't bear to waste a minute!" I was drinking beer & sleeping, doing some reading & note-taking. Then I flailed around with my work for a ... http://www.sharpsand.net/2008/06/29/first-week-at-bmc/ There are various uses for anger, one of them being humor. I found Lenny Bruce via George Carlin, who was criticized for being angry. Anger is one of the major fuels of art, especially the verbal arts of comedy & poetry. Iusually found him mostly sweet-natured & amazed at the ... http://www.sharpsand.net/2008/06/23/george-carlin-1937-2008/