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Author Archives: Allyn
On the Coming of September
I gets dark so much earlier now. The mornings are chilly. Chilly enough for a jacket in the morning, but too hot for a jacket in the afternoon. Chilly enough for long-sleeves in the morning, but too hot for long-sleeves in the afternoon. September. The leaves will start turning in a few weeks. September.
On John McCain and His Lack of Judgment
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has had a lousy seventy-two hours. That’s the only real conclusion that one can draw as news reports about the Republican Vice Presidential pick filter in. She was affiliated with and was a member of a secessionist political party, the Alaska Independence Party. She’s hired a lawyer in advance of herContinue reading “On John McCain and His Lack of Judgment”
On a Strange Beatles Experience
And now, for something completely different… I’ve made a bizarre musical discovery. As long-time Allynologists know, I love The Beatles. As soon as I have a frame for my poster of A Hard Day’s Night, that’s going up in the stairwell. I have over sixty hours of Beatles music on my hard drive. (To putContinue reading “On a Strange Beatles Experience”
On Hanging Posters
Two years ago I moved to Baltimore, and in all that time, I never bothered to hang my poster collection. My poster collection amounted to not much at all, but it was my collection, and I never hung them up. There was many and multiple reasons for this. There’s really no place to hang posters,Continue reading “On Hanging Posters”
On Hurricane Gustav and the Republicans
I feel like this website has turned into all politics, all the time… *sigh* Hurricane Gustav, as I write this, has been downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane, and it may restrengthen to Category 4 — or possibly Category 5 — later today. The hurricane is expected to make landfall in Louisiana sometime on Monday.Continue reading “On Hurricane Gustav and the Republicans”
On Sarah Palin, Tactics, and the Cynicism of John McCain
Yesterday, presumptive Republican Presidential nominee John McCain made his pick for his vice presidential running mate — Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Who? To be frank, a week ago I hadn’t even heard of Sarah Palin. It’s my fault for not watching The Late, Late Show With Craig Ferguson, I suppose. Here’s a quick biography. AgedContinue reading “On Sarah Palin, Tactics, and the Cynicism of John McCain”
On Writing on the Subway
Sometimes, the best place to write, or at least sketch-write, is on the subway. It’s a captive place. There’s not much else to do. It’s easy to whip out a notepad and pen and jot down ideas. Lately, my head has been in a specific place. It’s working out a story. It’s a depressing story,Continue reading “On Writing on the Subway”
On Words and Policy Solutions
Words are tricky things. The way you use words, the way you define words, indicates the way you see the world. Or even, how you want to see the world be. Consider John McCain campaign advisor John Goodman. (No, not the actor.) Goodman is the president of the National Center for Policy Analysis, and oneContinue reading “On Words and Policy Solutions”
On John McCain’s Space Policy
Two weeks ago I wrote that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama was reconsidering his campaign’s space policy — his education plan was funded by taking money from NASA (and the development of Constellation, the follow-up to the Shuttle) and diverting it into elementary education. Obama had begun to make noises that he was goingContinue reading “On John McCain’s Space Policy”