Category Archives: fellowship

Three weeks and counting!

Well, it’s three weeks to launch. The weekend of 14 May will be my last as a resident of Los Angeles at long last – for better or for worse. It’s the worse I’m worried about, but what will be will be. I can’t stay here, that’s for damned sure. I’ve [...]

Another one of those moments.

I was just reading this article about Bo, the new dog that Ted Kennedy gave to Malia and Sasha Obama. When I saw the picture, I had another one of those moments where my breath just caught up short and I thought, “Theyre black! Theyre black! Theyre BLACK!” and got all leaky [...]

Happy Thanksgiving?

As some of you may or may not know, I do not celebrate Thanksgiving. I commemorate the Indian National Day of Mourning, as begun by Wampsutta, an Aquinnah Wampanoag tribal elder, known also as Frank James, back in 1970 when he was invited to speak on the 350th anniversary of the annual Thanksgiving feast [...]

Insult or honour?

I adore the Dalai Lama with as much passion as I despise George W. Bush.
I’m not sure if the Congressional Gold Medal is even worth anything at all when this president is the one awarding it; furthermore, the Dalai Lama is so far and above the token that it’s like he has to stoop to [...]

Deathly Hallows

I want to post a review, but I dont want to spoiler anything. So all I’m going to say is if youre a Potter fan, all your questions will at last be answered – and you’re going to LOVE this book. It’s a fitting end to a fantastic series. Jo Rowling is [...]

Virginia Tech Massacre

The massacre that occurred at Virginia Tech on Monday, 16 April 2007, has consumed me. I am reeling from it and it’s thrown my emotions into an uproar. For two days I have been angry, depressed, and heartbroken. I have so much to say about it, but I am so emotional over [...]

This bird has flown.

Thank you. For everythink.