the onset of fall crossing the pond in a boatful of leaves

Trax: Congo, Commentary (Article links had to be removed)

how we stay connected only adding to the rape of the congo






Joseph Conrad quotes:

"Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealings with men."


"The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness."


"The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much."


"The way of even the most jusitifiable revolution is prepared by personal impulses disguised into creeds."


And an excerpt from the article: Congo's Tin Soldiers by Jonathan Miller:


"One hundred years ago, the novelist Joseph Conrad described the colonial plunder of Congo as 'the vilest scramble for loot that ever disfigured the human conscience.'"

Trax: The Pope, The Mr. Magoo Show w/links

oblivious to the uproar that surrounds him the pope as calm as mr. magoo

gravesite mix-ups so this is how we honor our fallen soldiers


*As many as 6,000 graves may be mismarked at the Arlington National Cemetery. 

Trax Extra:

thousands of fish killed on a mississippi that even mark twain wouldn't recognize

mid-september blues how many more soldiers with a tortured conscience will commit suicide


In memory of Spc. Alyssa R. Peterson February 29, 1976 – September 15, 2003

no refills for me a mineral taste to the water a wedge of lemon can't hide

birthday party for once the guest of honor is on time

news we rarely hear about the 52 journalists killed in the line of duty

around the last edges of summer the flight path of a moth lost in a yellowed cornfield