there's a place of desolation, right across the street.

 if i was a kid i would refuse to go to school. i would say i am a cat and i refuse to go to school.

 dawg, barfed again, just when i was thinking he only barfed once while r.'s been away. this too is perhaps not in my control, but i should've given him a tiny treat and waited til 9 to feed. 

 The sun is setting on imperialism as we emerge slowly and delicately into a world that seeks meaningful equality rather than subordination. 

                                                                      Vijay Prashad

 we're sorry you got hurt, r. it's strange how in a moment everything can change. we miss you. come home soon. love, doug, jasper & penny lu. 

 i wonder, can i be less dark? i've been kind of dark since i was a kid.  at times it seemed i was made of dark. we're going to have to see. knowing the way the world's going. knowing we can't control this thing. 

through the mass shootings in supermarkets and schools in the home country, and the proxy wars in faraway lands, the obamachron goes on.