Tettegouche Lodge Summer 2023
August 16, 2023
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A family summer excursion in Minnesota’s Northwoods
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The semicolon
February 15, 2022
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Lucrezia’s lover, and some of the things he and his homies did
redemption is just one way of saying
January 22, 2010
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my job is to pull you back from the brink of darknessprotect you from the prince of shadowsshow you the flower in all seasonskeep you
So, what now?
January 21, 2010
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I find myself asking this question after reading stories like this one by the late Michael Kreca. This information is not new to me —
The Ancients said:
January 15, 2010
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“And I wish that I were not any partof the fifth generationof men, but had died before it cameor had been born afterward.For here now
Thinking about my brothers
January 14, 2010
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The army drums cut off human travel,A lone goose sounds on the borderland in autumn.Tonight we start the season of White Dew,The moon is just
A new leaf
January 5, 2010
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As you can see, I have changed a few colors on the blog. let me know what you think. I have been writing for Antiwar.com
Good Morning
December 22, 2009
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Whatchyallknowbout Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings? Just finished Natural Born Lover and moving on to Stranded in yo’ Love And this album makes me
They roundin up Hobos!
December 1, 2009
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Bout to watch the Return of the King. Again. And the only reason I want to do it now is to get the full account
i got brothers
November 28, 2009
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i have been many things in my life, some good, some bad and some ugly. i have seen my brothers be those as well. what
This shit really happens
November 25, 2009
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In the Sanctuary in Oakland with my main men Big Scott and Johnny Frizzle. Today we tore the house up to try and find my
A Photo Project and a Photographer’s ish:
November 5, 2009
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the ABC’s of photography and peep the Yosemite B&W’s here ….
The Wagon Part Deux
November 2, 2009
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in darkness and in light even as alli said in the last post is true, so is the sweetness of the old lady and the
The Wagon
October 29, 2009
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I have a day off today so i am in a cafe catching up on things and trying to get into contact with people. somehow
Bumpin Raekwon & Drinking Dew
September 21, 2009
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My sister is in Paris alone … hoping that my old friend will visit and show her around, listen to her and give her a
last night with a frozen bottle
August 7, 2009
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after all that lonely lashing out ended, i dreamt of a castle i was in, under attack from buffoons shooting dynamite into the air. it
My Oasis
August 2, 2009
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A brown hen named Gary gives a flapping sqawk and makes a dash for the cherry tree in my backyard. Her two speckled girlfriends shoot
Wine
July 28, 2009
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The past two nights i have been drinking Yellow Tail Shiraz with my old high school buddy Maximillian. He was one of my first and
off work early
July 26, 2009
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i am better in group situations, then one on one cuz in one on one I am too eager to revealI like to pass around
Workin at Pok Pok
July 25, 2009
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So for the past few weeks I have been working in the shack at the famous Thai spot called Pok Pok in Portland, on 32nd
She was my affair with Portland
July 24, 2009
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and even though the morning afternoon and evening held sunshine sweet sunshineoh lord the nights were demons in my bellyand i walked on creaky wooden
Rape is the Consort of War
July 13, 2009
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That just kind of came to me earlier today while reading this story here about Somalis in Minneapolis becoming “radicalized” and then heading back to
When i wake up i think to myself:
July 9, 2009
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Ever notice how the convolution of simple tasks is at the core of many a dream? Repeating myself.
What it is
July 6, 2009
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Drinking my favorite Honey Dew tea in the dungeon thinking about home births and bike rides. yesterday i biked aimlessly and ended up near Powell
Tea Tasting last Sunday
July 2, 2009
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Last Sunday I invited a group of friends over to Paul Rosenberg’s tea temple for a tasting. Paul runs Sacred Teas, a service for those
What sammy said last night
June 27, 2009
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I need to record this fool, kinda like my Native-Black-Polack-Commie homeboy Charlie. Last night Sammy came back from the mini mart and said: “dude, mini-marts
I like that “feelin it” style
June 24, 2009
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thats what my boy grant said to me a long time ago while we were in his dj dungeon listening to a little known dj
Tea with Amy
June 21, 2009
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My sensesjostle for pole position in my brainvarious species of dewbrimstone, lilacs and porcelaini look up at a sunny Portland skyand it smells like raini
The Hand of Death is no match for a Sweaty Human
June 11, 2009
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So when yer friend is wallowing in the dark night of his/her soul, at 2am, hating him/herself, wondering if there is any meaning whatsoever, then
Three Mountain Teas
May 6, 2009
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I went to Mengding Mountain yesterday and took a LONG trek to find my Honey Dew Green supplier Bai Ting Ting (Xiao Bai) just so
Happy Easter ya’ll
April 12, 2009
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Thanks to all my peeps who commented on that digital vagabond proposal. Here is a piece I wrote about the Mexican War on Drugs about
Reconciliation
April 12, 2009
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So let me try and explain whats going on here: My main woman Nicole went through several years of servitude and now, finally, the work
CALLING OUT TO ALL MY PEOPLE
April 11, 2009
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You know i don’t ask much of you all, but i need anyone who peeps this blog to go here: Chachie’s Proposal! read my proposal
If Babylon falls in my lifetime
April 10, 2009
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Nicole be twitterin with Questlove these days cuz he is in P-town freezin his ass off … i mean it aint that cold up here
the Cali sun
April 1, 2009
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is hard to locate not because the clouds are there, but because they’re absent. I haven’t seen a sky like this one in I don’t
I know why women trip
April 1, 2009
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Motherhood. Its motherhood ya’ll. Before being a mother, girls trip on the intense biological forces that take over all thought and emotion and drive girls
Why I don’t write for Antiwar.com anymore
March 30, 2009
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I wrote about China for Antiwar.com for about 8 years. If you check the columns out, you’ll see I wrote in spurts. There was often
throw a stone or move
March 21, 2009
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Sigh. How many times do we read something like this over coffee/tea in the mornring, imagine charging or throwing a stone at a rich man’s
The Sack of Long Beach
March 17, 2009
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I am working on this chapter right now and i am finding it quite difficult. i want to convey the deep desire of the pirates
watch out now
March 16, 2009
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funny funny, i talk about the beatnuts, pop open Itunes and my song’s on. howz that yo?its hard for you to swallawhatcha gonna do? you
me and the devil sluggin it out
March 15, 2009
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so yo, I have been dwelling daily on a tea business. I started out thinking that I was going to get a van, pimp it
whats goin down
March 12, 2009
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this is what i’m reading and i am thankful for a bucket of blessed mobility. because this is why i aint been writing on here
I got emeralds in my cup
March 9, 2009
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When o when will the weather cease to drive me down into my dungeon? Its hailing outside right now. And its got that dank and
I take my music whereever I go
March 5, 2009
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because I’m just so in love with it. I beatbox walkin down the block a lot and sing in easy soul rhymes. My gait loses
I remember playin BB guns
March 3, 2009
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My man Riz. I remember when his goofy big toothed ass showed up in Chengdu and immediately girls were following him around like he was
Speaking of holograms
March 2, 2009
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I play World of Warcraft. But since i understand that massive multi player role playing games can be detrimental to your health, i try and
The Universe is a Hologram
March 2, 2009
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I was tipped off to this article this morning by meeks shuckafunka and about four paragraphs down is the word “eidolon.” I wrote a story
Remember the Neocons!
March 2, 2009
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Because now they want you to believe they never existed. The WSJ talks about it and here in the Washington Sketch is a funny little
In Defense of Piracy
March 2, 2009
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Today’s NYT has a story about the Beijing Silk Market and the struggles between big names brands and the pirates that knock-em off and slang
Dai Shi Men gong fu will never die
February 25, 2009
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Here is a story i wrote about Dai Shi Men gong fu school for the South China Morning Post. I can’t link the story because
The 72 down 82nd
February 24, 2009
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I got all dressed up for a meeting downtown. walked in the drizzle two blocks to the mini mart and ran across 82nd in front
leaving Mipples
February 20, 2009
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so its bout time to go and i had a good time in the Twins. I saw several old school homies like Tshisuaka and Jake
Every step of the way
February 17, 2009
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I realized something very profound this morning and i am going to try and explain as best i can. it began when i thought about
i hear voices
February 16, 2009
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So after a few days in the Twins aka Manyasspolice aka Mipples aka Minneapolis … I have the following to say: 1) It aint even
balance in the force
February 11, 2009
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Does anyone find it strange that all the Jedi never considered their own purge as the means with which the force would achieve balance? i
what a pleasant morning
February 10, 2009
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Those who do not use the hours before dawn are fools. i woke up dreaming of a fine fine situation, then flipped on the computer
my achin back
February 1, 2009
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So i have to admit. Last night i put 15 pages down, but when i was done i logged in to World of Warcraft and
i might as well drop it
January 23, 2009
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So i been working on this epic novel and such and as the days go on the story gets more fun to mess with. I
now its really on
January 22, 2009
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The downturn just hit my household. The main breadwinner int he house stands to lose her job come April. Her bosses are pretty unimaginative when
Some travel stories for that ass
January 14, 2009
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Matador is jumping off the chains and the hook and the fence and cliffs and all that. here are some stories posted recently, check em
the devil strikes back
December 20, 2008
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right after that last post, i went through all the times i felt i was betrayed or hurt or wronged by my best friends and
I have memories of a Golden Age
December 20, 2008
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when empathy ruled and misunderstanding had not yet been conceived. Isn’t it amazing how women and men revolve around each other like lightning struck ions
Peep This
December 16, 2008
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Here are some stories coming out of Matador.com … They are doing a great job with their articles and site and I am on board
The Whipping Boy
December 15, 2008
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I sent a mass email out the other day to get people to sign a petition to have 1 million given to every citizen in
Broke Fat White People
December 11, 2008
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Last night I was minding my own business at my man Q’s house in the Pearl District when I get drunk-dialed by Sammy’s ass. He
Strippers
December 11, 2008
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Strippers wanna be watched, stared at, lusted over and dreamt about. Strippers watch themselves in the mirror and wish they could throw some ones at
One Second Encounters
December 7, 2008
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I left the Council of the Monkey in Pai and headed north through Laos to China. The other council members headed south to bangkok for
El Lay
November 24, 2008
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Chillin in El Lay and I must say the women here are so fly and so cute and wearing clothes that i got to get
Peep This
November 11, 2008
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Here are a couple stories I have been writing for Matador.com: This is my list of cities for singles and here is the “companion piece”
to the twang of a slow guitar
November 11, 2008
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Chillin with my main menwe found some new friendsa million voices to heara million lips to reada million eyes to look into me and my
Pirates with no Boat
November 10, 2008
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I hereby claim “Pirates with no Boat” as my intellectual property. It does not matter if you read this post or not, the title now
its my birfday
November 8, 2008
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and me and sammy have just taken our sweet time dealing with a heaping plate of biscuits and gravy at this spot down the road
What is this really about
November 6, 2008
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Now that Obama has won, the focus shifts to expectations for dramatic change and improvement across the board and the historic importance of the first
A message from Progress
October 28, 2008
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You are Progress. Speaking of progressive, i remember when Obama first started moving toward the center, i said he was a coward and a sellout
They Still Don’t Get It
October 27, 2008
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Last Christmas I went to visit my parents in Germany and I told them then that Obama would win the White House. My Dad said
Hipsters vs. Superdorks
October 20, 2008
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My man Himmler and me have this ongoing discussion about Macs and Pcs and which computer is doper. Now the arguments are getting a bit
I reiterate
October 17, 2008
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its transition time and i am getting my room painted, my workshop set up and my routine established. dreams of off the grid cribs become
The Last Debate
October 16, 2008
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I listened to McCain very closely this debate, just as I listened to Sarah Palin very closely during the celebrated VP debate. I did this
What some people find solace in
October 8, 2008
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This story is getting passed around the elderly, all-white, businesspeople circle that i have a toe in. I think they may be smug about the
Village People in the Twilight Zone
September 25, 2008
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On the night of the Fall Equinox, in the hills of northern California, beneath an ancient oak tree, surrounded by leaves, herbs and Tribe: I
Go Longhair!
September 12, 2008
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I was in Hong Kong during the WTO Ministerial in 2005 — here is part one of a four part series I wrote while i
Picture me Laughin
September 8, 2008
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Political ads … why am i headed back to the US again? the McCain girls are great for a morning pick-me-up …
Eli Sweet, An American Rapper in Chengdu
September 6, 2008
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Here is Eli and my main man Kaffe doin their thang on NPR. Peep it and pass it on. Its the real deal ya’ll!!!!
peep this
September 3, 2008
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Yo: I urge you all to check out this video by the Hanyuan B-Boys … they put it down for their town and have all
A Few China Stories
August 27, 2008
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I am in Qingdao now, chillin with my man Li Du and a large group of artists and musicians for the “Twin City Art Show”
Rage against the dying of the light
August 20, 2008
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or just post some love on yer blog and send it through the underground. i remember telling some young Chinese friends about the Tank Man
And of course: Dashed Hopes
August 19, 2008
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Liu Xiang is injured and will not compete. He has been injured since at least May, when he had his last competition. In China, an
And of course: the Man Fish
August 17, 2008
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I bet this dude puffs mad herb. Now, if we find out that he does, will he be stripped for doping? “Once you reach the
Dirty Spaniards
August 13, 2008
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This didnt even make the rumor rounds in China until today … doesnt seem to bother anyone that much yet … i think people here
Day 2 – The Hustleman
August 9, 2008
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Yeah its always the same wherever I go. i become Red from the Shawshank Redemption. I am now in the ticket business and it is
Day 1 – Opening Ceremony Ticket Scam
August 6, 2008
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Today has been a very weird day so far. Last night I drank late late into the night with some security guys — old warhorses
Yo
August 5, 2008
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I think i really dropped it on this one … peep it and holla back! (Do i need to translate any American slang for you
Bombs in Kunming
July 21, 2008
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Reports came in this morning that at least two bombs destroyed two buses in Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province. Although unconfirmed, the word is that
Sucked in
July 9, 2008
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Every week or so i find a new web tool for this blog. I am trying out the “share me” button, even though I myself
Might as well face it
June 15, 2008
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“Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen it …” I always loved that line. So much power and confidence. A calm declaration laced with pride.
China has no orphans
June 14, 2008
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Today i sloshed through the rain to Du Fu’s Cottage in Chengdu to attend a meeting of poets and lyricists. About a dozen read their
She’s just a young girl …
June 14, 2008
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I met a woman a few months back in the city of Yaan, renowned for rain, fish and beauties. She’s a young music teacher at
The Min River
June 11, 2008
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The Min flows down from the Tibetan Plateau, through Dujiangyan where a 2000 year old irrigation project splits the river into two parts: one headed
Some mo’ Sichuan Hua
June 10, 2008
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So i will try and put a few good Sichuan Hua phrases up here from time to time … such as this fine one right
．．．．
June 5, 2008
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here are some pics that are circling the chinese blogosphere. The police and government officials in China haven’t changed one iota. They are doing their
gotta ease back
May 18, 2008
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Tomorrow is chill out time with my kitties. Ima ride my bike around and beat Tenzin in chess. mad love
yo
May 12, 2008
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for those confused about the time of my posts, i had it on pacific time.
earthquake hits the DU!
May 12, 2008
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i was in the middle of a shave when an earthquake hit and the whole neighborhood spilled out onto the street. here is a pic
love atcha
May 12, 2008
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here are some pics of my kitties. there are three surviving kitties and the two sisters take turns licking and caressing the lil kitty-cats. i
I, like God, do not play at dice …
May 12, 2008
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which is a lie. I actually do roll the dice often and play cards most every week. But i still dont believe in chance. This
Chinese activism
May 10, 2008
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this is about Migrant Workers jumping from buildings to protest corrupt ass developers who refuse to pay salaries. its a spoof in Sichuan Dialect.
holla at me
May 10, 2008
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does anyone out there work with alternative fuels/renewable energy on a large scale — research, investment, development, promotion over breakfast at the sunny side up
Xenophobia
May 9, 2008
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China is really making it hard for the foreigners these days. All visas are a big pain in the ass — my main man in
Doublespeak and Bullscat
April 29, 2008
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Politicians truly are amazing. In China it is fitting that the government spokesperson is a woman, Jiang Yu. In Chinese (and every other) society it
noone can f*ck with my tribe
April 29, 2008
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just got off the horn with a one of my tribe’s elders (hahaha) and it feels damn good. crazy shit is in the mix …
all the ladies in the world
April 28, 2008
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this ones for you, courtesy of one of your finest.
who is the more foolish?
April 22, 2008
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my people are busy lamenting, yet also enjoying, the brainwashing others have endured. it feels good to consider oneself free and to have a target
Chongqing: Luan jiu Luan!
April 21, 2008
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So aside from the young people running around China in support of their country and the Pennsylvania race goin down to the wire, i feel
all too short, the distance mist travels …
April 14, 2008
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glimpses of my other worldmemories become feelingsi am caught in mid-thoughtbreathless as they whisperthe feeling is strongestwhen they’ve already floated away like grinning urchins tugging
Flode aka Superboy aka Fat Kim aka aka aka
April 7, 2008
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I can’t say enough about this man. Love him. Here is a short description of him on the road in Colombia. Peace to Fat Kim!
i must say
April 7, 2008
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today was a good day. didn’t even have to yell or scream. no violent threats, no mean muggin. I spent the last three days in
we are all whores
April 3, 2008
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Essence Jackers are the people I deal with on the daily. They jack my essence, corrupt it, as they themselves are unsure of what they
my revolution
March 24, 2008
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Today was a very hectic day. i got up early and shaved my scruff and pinned back my hair like a girl, cuz its just
childhood trauma
March 11, 2008
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there are two songs which i feel may have traumatized me for life: a lil jingle sung by good ole Goofy in the one about
late bloomers
March 10, 2008
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i think i represent the peter pan element in all generations. there are many of us. and we are generally smiled upon from on high
Greasy Hair
March 9, 2008
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my hair is getting long again. it is my last hurrah before baldness forces me to shave what’s left in order to be “bald, but
When compatriots meet
March 2, 2008
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I went to the restaurant Talk the other night, on recommendation from resident Baller Dave B. I borrowed some clothes from hakim because mine were
tea baggins
February 27, 2008
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well well well in the Du got my house almost clear of cat shit. garbage is piling up but i have a plan. the toilet
its a high price to pay
February 8, 2008
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It is now the second day of Chinese New Year here in Dali and the fireworks have subsided somewhat. On the sixth, we gathered at
The Delicious Slide
February 2, 2008
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You can feel it when it comesVoices cry out in defiant anticipationThey rub their hands gleefullyThe party is about to startPlaces everyone One said it
prince
January 19, 2008
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maybe its just because i stood next to him once at paisley park .. maybe its cuz i rocked it so many times at his
me and sammy at the speakeasy last night
January 19, 2008
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We are having our customary American Coffees at Salvador’s this morning. Sal’s is one of the finer cafes i have ever experienced in China. The
The devil came down to Clifden …
January 16, 2008
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“The devil came down to Clifden, lookin for a soul to steal, he was getting kinda low and don’t ya know he was willing to
mountain pics
January 15, 2008
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well … here they are. pretty white boxes for you to click on. i guess they will take you to the pics on my worthless
my tummy hurts
January 15, 2008
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Friends and enemies alike, i wait with bated breath for the outcome of my latest missive. A plea have i tossed, into the ring, for
grumble grumble
January 14, 2008
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well i have tried to put pics up here for days now. i went through picasa and checked out what the deal is — heard
river lake people
January 13, 2008
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i have been trying to put a few pictures of my trip into the mountains online but they always end up sideways. i will be
in the mountains
January 10, 2008
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don’ worry i will add pics in a bit. i arrived from amsterdam sunday afternoon and went to my man tenzin’s house and eased back
naturally
January 7, 2008
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last night i spent most of my time dreaming i was a stand up comedian. the audience was overwhelmingly black and i was in georgia.
decompression
January 4, 2008
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yeah i be trippin. but here with my bro in adam its all good. we toured the city and its beautiful, even the ancient hos
to A’Dam
January 3, 2008
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In four hours, my plane leaves for Amsterdam. actually six hours, but i have an hour long train ride ahead of me. i just got
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