Love on the Moon and Other Stories
Hannibal Lecter: And how do we begin to covet…we begin by coveting what we see.. Personally I find this relevant, very relevant in fact in the context of beautiful women. This time when a pretty...
Year: 2008
GM Bailout: when the ship sinks, Joe Six-Pack is to blame
It seems each time the news turns to the financial sector there is a company or industry that's failing. While economists examine what it means to the economy as whole, ordinary Americans sit in fear...
Expat Republicans and Reagan Democrats: time for a new party?
The Republican Party, not having gotten the message in 2006, has been slapped down by the electorate yet again, only this time with considerably more feeling. It used to be the Democrats controlled...
Joseph Origami’s enlightened advice column
My dear friends, I have always known that I was special, that I was different from others around me. While the other boys and girls would play soccer or sit on the swings at recess, I was content to...
The sweet smell of Smurfcess
It was my birthday last Sunday. How old am I now? Dream on! All I’m willing to reveal is that in the past decade, the state of my eyesight can no longer be associated with regal birds featuring...
The Damned, Eager to Feed
The previous installment of teenage Chloe Bradshaw's dark tale is here. “Wow, that would be amazing,” Travis responds to my offer of eternal life quickly, but immediately looks the floor,...
Burning Lake of Fire: New Orleans sinks and Montecito burns
Katrina was a catastrophic event and the American government stood by impotent and unaffected while many were left to suffer. What the Katrina victims had in common was that they were largely poor...
Onanism in the Time of War
tears spill with my seed sewn in sand not soil Children fall and die, though, I can't hear their cries of woe nor blasts from canons Other than the one I grip, squeeze to diplomatically relieve...
Change I Hope We Can Believe In
“Change. Change. Change. Change... Change. Change. Chaaange. When you say words a lot they don't mean anything. Or maybe they don't mean anything anyway, and we just think they do.” –Delirium,...
Meanwhile, back In Israel…
Last week’s U.S. election, a solid win for Barack Obama, still left the country in two distinct, opposing groups. There are those who will miss the election and curl up in a ball over its...