dying to know you
The curious thing about dying is not that you are dying but the agony of knowing you are going to die. Even more so when one considers how random death is, for God’s sake, I could die writing, as we speak, as I write this last sentence. Off course,…
Read Morefraidy cat
For all intents and purposes am a shit little fraidy cat when it comes to religion. Last night I dreamt I saw the universe riddled with letters and numbers. This would on other occasions be a rich source of inspiration but not this time nor when I was…
Read MoreCharlie: real stories del Dandy del Sur
Aquí en este blog y en el otro hemos hecho alarde de la negligencia que existe en la cultura tijuanense por nuestro lado anglo. En otras partes hemos escrito raudales por ese lado gringo nuestro. Atreverze a cruzar la línea, Was heisst Aufklí¤rung?,…
Read Morestate of chicano research in Sweden
Update: For those of you that know Swedish Eva Zetterman has placed on the web a little bit on art and media related to chicanos: Att skapa ett vi – gatukonst i Kalifornien She has also done it in English, so there is no need to panic: Signs of…
Read MoreAbsolut Aztlán
Absolut Vodka pays homage to Aztlán, although not without ruffling some white feathers, off course. And then they say tin hat folk are nuts.
Read Moreliberty of the press?
Boy, one can’t really go by all the propaganda that spews out from the internet. Worst of all is that I use mostly official mouthspeaks as a news source. Dang, do they tend to be lopsided; everything to fit their customer: government and their…
Read MoreImported Cerveza
This morning I am drawn to a particular memory that I cherish very much. It is its poignancy that made it last in my neurons. The event in question took place last year, 2007, during the month of July. I was off in Tijuana on a vacation that I had long…
Read Morereligious kerfuffle
I believe I just shook the living lights and faith foundations out of a European or Scandinavian as they prefer themselves to be known. I don’t normally like to engage in this sort of intellectual bouts with any human being beside the blank pages…
Read More