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Commented Sep 12, 2011 on DEPRESSION at The Adventures of LitBoy: Bill Brent's Blog
DEPRESSION
I have very low energy today, and my lower back hurts like hell, but I am sitting here typing into the ether anyhow. I have chronic joint pain (mostly they feel cold), chronic insomnia, and I just started an antidepressant. The net effect of moving twice within sixty days was enough to send me ...
Hi, Ellie, and thank you for linking to my blog!
Your list made me smile. I notice that you included animals and nature (plants, minerals, etc) as well as people -- a gentle reminder that we share the planet with many other entities worthy of our care and consideration. Wishing you a beautiful weekend.
Commented Jun 11, 2011 on Reflection for discernment at THE ANCHORHOLD
Reflection for discernment
Interior of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. My offering today is not overtly spiritual (in a religious sense that is) but it's something I truly stumbled upon in another blog and it caught my attention: What is in your life today that is truly worth living for? Go ahead, make a l...
Oh. My. Thanks. Laffs. Hugs.
--Bill
P.S. You KNOW it's bad when you click thru to Amazon, there are only 2 copies left in stock, but then you don't add it to your cart cuz you don't want to see all that Amazon info on prices rising and falling on "important" stuff you've promised to buy yourself "someday."
P.P.S. We shud all be sending our Amazon commissions to Susie. Again.
Commented May 18, 2011 on Bestselling Author & Editor Tells All the Tricks— And Lends a Hand! at Susie Bright's Journal
Bestselling Author & Editor Tells All the Tricks— And Lends a Hand!
Dear Publisher, Editor, Producer: Recently, you wrote to ask me if I'd like to write for you— for free— or license one of my works to you, gratis. Or, were you the one who asked me to donate my royalties? I forget. Of course it's not really "free"— there's always the publicity, which I can't ...
Yep. Great example of "some animals are more equal than others" -style thinking.
--Bill
Commented Apr 16, 2011 on Susie Bright on the Birth of "Our Our Backs" Magazine at Susie Bright's Journal
Susie Bright on the Birth of "Our Our Backs" Magazine
On the occasion of the first Bulldagger Centerfold in 1984, from the debut of OOB, the first lesbian feminist sex magazine: "Dear "On Our Backs," -- one letter-writer would say-- "I do not know how to feel about your centerfold model. What if she's not a good person? I do not ...
Aw, thanks tons, Susie, this is just what I needed to hear today. I applaud your brilliance.
Hugs,
--Bill
Commented Mar 14, 2011 on The Poetry I Write When The World Collapses at Susie Bright's Journal
The Poetry I Write When The World Collapses
The Disaster Cover This is my blanket My daughter called it a blankie when she was a baby Now I feel babyish and call it the same You can get underneath my blankie, like so— Or I can embrace you with it— You’ll feel warmer You’ll feel babyish You’ll fall on top of me like an exhau...
"If you put the murderer in charge of the crime scene, they will try to hide the body." --Carl Safina
Commented Jun 29, 2010 on Kindra Arneson blows the lid: BP's not even trying. at The Adventures of LitBoy: Bill Brent's Blog
Kindra Arneson blows the lid: BP's not even trying.
She'd like her life back. - Listen and learn. - Also, CLICK HERE for a link to a transcript of Kindra Arneson's June 19 speech. [or copy and paste this link to re-distribute:] http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=478663&mesg_id=478...
"Tricked."
When I did my zine, Black Sheets, in the mid-'90s, I found Kim Fowley through a mutual acquaintance and called him up to ask for an interview. He wanted to chat with me on the spot, on the provision that I leave my tape recorder off. I agreed, thinking that this was my chance to break the ice and get to know him.
Fowley was interesting (however self-absorbed), and I thought about breaking my promise, but I kept my word. Then he continued to chatter, more or less nonstop, for over an hour, making it nearly impossible to get a word in edgewise. At the end, he made a remark to the effect of, "Gee, too bad you didn't get any of this on tape; you would have had your interview." This was back in the days when a seventy-minute long-distance call really cost something, and I was working out of my bedroom.
Waste of time. Waste of money. Waste of energy. Waste of ethics. Not an experience I would care to repeat.
--Bill
www.LitBoy.com
Commented Mar 20, 2010 on My Little Runaways — What You Won't See in the Movie at Susie Bright's Journal
My Little Runaways — What You Won't See in the Movie
My ex told me to check out the trailer for the new movie, The Runaways. "What is this Little Debbie BULLSHIT?" I said. "This is a disgrace." Director Floria Sigismondi's "pretty-in-glam" Runaways promo wasn't the underground punk scene I remember from Los Angeles in the 1970's. Want a picture...
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Mar 15, 2010
"If I have time to watch "Entourage" and read "Cute Overload," I have time to call or email my Congressperson."
LMAO. Absolutely. Furthermore, you don't even have to be a currently registered voter in order to call or email. Your opinion still counts.
--Bill, www.LitBoy.com
Commented Sep 2, 2009 on No Excuses: Why Calling Congress Isn't A Waste Of Time, Part 2 at Greta Christina's Blog
No Excuses: Why Calling Congress Isn't A Waste Of Time, Part 2
So why -- specifically -- is calling Congress not a waste of time? In yesterday's post, I talked about why calling and emailing our elected officials is not a waste of time: why it's actually one of the most powerful actions we can take to change how our governent works. Today, I want to get int...
Small Footprints --
That's a great idea too. Often I go to Zen mode when I have something to do that I judge as tedious or unpleasant ... so that I focus on simply doing it attentively, rather than judging it.
Thanks for sharing this!
--Bill Brent
Commented Jul 24, 2009 on PROCRASTINATE LATER at The Adventures of LitBoy: Bill Brent's Blog
PROCRASTINATE LATER
Recently I stumbled onto a productivity tip that I feel compelled to share. This is a quick bit of advice on HOW TO GET THINGS DONE EVEN WHEN YOU FEEL UNMOTIVATED. You know how some days, it is just darn difficult to get started? No matter what, you procrastinate? Maybe you are tired. Or maybe ...
Great video and song.
No, skepticism and cynicism are not the same thing. As I like to say, there's an upside to every downside, and a downside to every upside.
In love, as in all things.
That's not cynical, IMO, that's realistic.
--Bill
www.LitBoy.com
Commented Jun 16, 2009 on A Skeptic's View of Love at Greta Christina's Blog
A Skeptic's View of Love
What does it mean to have a skeptical view of love? I don't mean having a cynical attitude about love. (Funny how the words "skepticism" and "cynicism" get conflated.) I mean taking a skeptical, materialist, entirely non-woo view of life -- and applying it to how we think about love. The other...
OK, here's an odd but true story I composed in 1997 while on acid, in order to meet a call for submissions for a likewise odd anthology called EROS EX MACHINA -- later retitled SEX MACHINE -- it's pretty self-explanatory otherwise.
http://litboy.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/01/brush_your_care.html
I did have to tidy up my acid-drenched scribblings later, just as any good writer must edit his first draft, but I couldn't have gotten to first base without the acid trip.
--Bill
www.LitBoy.com
Commented Apr 30, 2008 on Albert Hofmann Takes His Last Trip at Susie Bright's Journal
Albert Hofmann Takes His Last Trip
With "no sense of urgency," Albert Hofmann died today at the age of 102. He invented LSD in 1938, and took the first trip— in his case on a bicycle and 250 micrograms— in 1943. Truly a legend of "better living through chemistry," Hoffman was an imaginative and inspiring leader in the psychedeli...
Now I want to write a self-help book titled "How to End Your Codependent Relationship with Self-Help Books."
--Bill
www.LitBoy.com
Commented Apr 2, 2008 on The Envelope Please... for The Oddest Book Title! at Susie Bright's Journal
The Envelope Please... for The Oddest Book Title!
If I could win any prize, or seize the crown of any contest, it might be this one: "The Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year." Drum roll, please for the 2008 winner of this august British competition... "If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs" London's Reut...
Absolutely brilliant. Yay for stick figures!
Americans are hocking jewelry to buy gas and such, things have gotten so bad. My blog has some consumer-related content; anyone curious can click on the "Current Affairs" link there:
www.LitBoy.com
Susie, thanks for posting this.
--Bill
Commented Mar 19, 2008 on Tale of Two Vics at Susie Bright's Journal
Tale of Two Vics
There's two kinds of victims in a sub-prime mortgage meltdown; the money managers, and the people who followed their lead. Each one faced their own unique risk, right? Let's take a look. To my left is a photo of Jimmy Cayne's new home. Jimmy is the disgraced former Bear Stearns CEO whose comp...
FWIW, I have never had a problem with your blog, running Mozilla 1.7 for Windows. I much prefer this to the IE / Outlook Express combo:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download556.html
Also available for other platforms, incl. Solaris:
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/browser/index.xml
--Bill
Commented Jul 15, 2007 on My Little Tantrum About All This New-Fangled Horsepucky at Susie Bright's Journal
My Little Tantrum About All This New-Fangled Horsepucky
Hear ye, hear ye: This blog does not work properly on the Internet Explorer browser. However, Firefox and Safari work beautifully, and they're free! Those of you who've tried to read my posts on IE are already saying: "Duh." I'm sorry it's been such a mess. (Hear my broken-down sobbing...) ...
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