violence
November 2, 2008
- A man carrying a musket rushed at him. Another threw a brick, knocking him off his feet. George Kyle picked himself up and ran. He never did cast his vote. Nor did his brother, who died of his wounds. The Democratic candidate for Congress, William Harrison, lost to the American Party’s Henry Winter Davis. Three months later, when the House of Representatives convened hearings into the election, ...
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October 16, 2008
- It had been a relaxing two days without access to any technology including phone service celebrating our son’s birthday on the beautiful warm waters of Lake Shasta. As we neared dock, my mom pulled out her cell phone to check in with the family at home. It was immediately evident that all was not right. With tears streaming down her face, she announced that my sister’s husband had just ...
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October 5, 2008
- I was watching Deutsch Welle's programm Hin und Weg. It is about traveling here and there throughout Germany. They were interviewing an artist that sculptured with wood. He said something about barriers, and my mind wandered away....My question was: Why do barriers between nations exist? You could answer many things, but the most intriguing answer my mind gave me was this one:The only way to ...
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September 27, 2008
- I'm so grateful to have the opportunity to be maintaining a blog, here on 'Red Room'. Since, I'm somewhat of a novice there are some things I don't quite understand as yet. Each time I login, I can see how many have read each entry...whether it's from my blog or a short story. This blog, although fairly new has had well over 800 'hits', yet, I've not received one comment. Needless to ...
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September 22, 2008
- We are living a world full of violence, and the question that could arise to our heads is: Why are we living in conflict? If you want to answer this, keep on reading: Do I really want to end violence or it is just a faraway ideal? If answer is yes, keep reading: Am I willing to change myself? If answer is yes, keep reading: Do I act violent against someone else? If answer is yes, keep ...
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May 22, 2008
- Peace Billboards is a project of Seeing Peace: Artists Collaborate with the United Nations, an innovative public art installation project orchestrated by artist Richard Kamler. Seeing Peace is a visionary international initiative that seeks to bring the imagination of the artist to bear on the most pressing global issue of our time, peace. Peace Billboards brings the imagination of 10 visual ...
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April 3, 2008
- Last night, a double act crack team, usually expert in execution of their plan, failed in their mission. The male entered the bar and created a violent disturbance, flailing his arms, screaming and frothing at the mouth, out of control. In hot pursuit, the doorman arrived, grabbed him, and marched him to the exit. His sister in arms mistimed her entrance. His diversion was designed to create her ...
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March 11, 2008
- It's time to bring back Prohibition, at least in a limited form. There should be a total ban on vodka and Redbull, a mixture that has brought utter chaos to the conversational bar scene. The other night I watched a couple wolf down numerous grain and energy combos. Soon their conversation was demolishing modern sentence structure like a German Panzer Division blasting holes in Warsaw. The ...
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February 28, 2008
- I have received my copies of The Other Chekhov, an anthology of Chekhov's short stories compiled by Kyle Minor and Okla Elliott, a supremely talented and fun-loving pair who seem to me to be a perfect blend of Stooge and Musketeer.The book, to quote the back cover, "presents ten lesser-known masterpieces" from a Chekhov who writes here not about the vicissitudes of daily life, but ...
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February 25, 2008
- No Country for Old Men won the best movie of the year last night at the Academy Awards. I thought it would. I thought it was ghastly and brilliant. I only went to see it because Cormac McCarthy wrote the novel. I'm tired of violent films. But this film was so original in its character. The character was everything. The plot was the usual hunt him down and kill him cat and mouse or ...
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