by chas on April 29, 2009
I Ain’t no Doctor
an occasional column by charles faris, hhc
Panic is fear of the natural
So here we go again, the latest outbreak of the disease that is going to
destroy civilization,
bring on martial law and enforced vaccination, or
bring the population down to a sustainable level.
Well sorry, I don’t really have the time in my day [...]
by chas on March 27, 2009
numbers and chaos
number theory, from its humble beginnings as “one, two, many” has always existed as an attempt to make sense of the world we live in, give us some firm mental ground to walk upon, and, when we are lucky, offer us some predictive value. ironically enough, the field of mathematics has become a victim [...]
by chas on February 2, 2009
going direct
so here we are, another groundhog day, and with mercury going direct all things of an electrical, communicative, or forward progress nature should begin to run a little smoother, and then a lotta smoother, and finally a hella smoother. so why did it take me an hour to get online today (stupid attwifi)? well, [...]
by chas on January 16, 2009
down the rabbit hole
oh foolish me. i thought this was the week to go through old stuff, material stuff, pieces of paper stuffed into paper sacks, bills and notices and stuff like that. you know, george carlin type stuff. yeah right. and why do i keep forgetting that everything material is a link to something…mysterious, [...]
by chas on December 22, 2008
pardon me if you live in the southern hemisphere
here in boston it is cold, snowy, icy, and dark. well, it’s not dark just now…and in 5 hours it will be. yesterday was winter solstice, and the sun is currently as far south as it will be for a whole ‘nother year. that makes for some [...]
by chas on December 15, 2008
they tempt me with violence
they punish me with ideals
and they crush me with an image of my life that’s nothing but unreal
except on the goddamned slave ship of failure
—m.gira
everything is a circle
way back in november of 2008 (am i the only one who feels like a month is a year anymore?), i was posting on [...]
by chas on December 12, 2008
psst…
well i got a secret but can i keep it
i better cross my heart and hope to die
—stacey earle
not a happy secret, i’m sorry to say. and unlike the general theory of secrets (yours are mostly forgotten, never revealed; mine simply the latter), this one has a half life of a couple weeks at most. [...]
by chas on December 1, 2008
monday morning motivator: the why
good morning and welcome to the monday morning motivator. since this is a new project and you are taking the time to be involved, i thought i would take a moment to fill you in on my motivation for starting this thing up.
seven weeks ago (7 weeks already?!) i started a [...]
by chas on November 21, 2008
careful what you ask for
reported a month ago that i was clearing some psychic space to create a work-free saturday, through the simple act of creating this friday afternoon update, and that a couple of weeks after i began that project i hit a partial and freed up my saturday mornings. well…that was before the current economic [...]
by chas on November 19, 2008
someone to talk to
i’m in the middle of some stuff, the kind of stuff that generally calls for some verbal restraint, for some cards close to the chest. you could say i’ve got some troubles. beyond that i ain’t talkin’.
and it got me thinking (like…what doesn’t?):
what is that thing that has been lifted up on [...]