Can't get a particular scene from the movie The Big Lebowski out of my head today. When The Dude confronts Lebowski about his carpet for the first time, at the end of the conversation, while The Dude is walking out of his office, Lebowski yells: "Your revolution is over, Mr. Lebowski. Condolences. The bums lost." What Lebowski … Continue reading The Bums Lost
Year: 2014
The Few Who Would Not Play The Game
"Then these are the basic rules of a government in a free society: to provide a means whereby we can modify the rules, mediate differences among us on the meaning of the rules, and to enforce compliance with the rules on the part of those few who would otherwise not play the game." -Milton Friedman, … Continue reading The Few Who Would Not Play The Game
The Art of Getting It Wrong
Nice try sassy-brit-boy. I mean. Seriously. When are people gonna wake up to all these British accents on American't TV? Are they cute accents? Does the way this guy talk sound more convincing somehow? Nomatter. The thing to worst-remember about the vid-link below is how sassy-brit-boy gets only part of it right. For example. It's not an … Continue reading The Art of Getting It Wrong
Is You Stupid
Security, security, security, privacy. Security, security, security, privacy. Selfies! And don't forget the pictures your loving boyfriend took of you while you were preparing for a modeling gig or a movie and you just happened to be in the buff at that moment and not that sexy underwear from the company that should be paying you … Continue reading Is You Stupid
Security Data Ukraine
Another contribution to the Interwebnets containing an email exchange with an old friend. At times this friend brings the best out of me but other times s/he does not. Nomatter. The point is to think, express those thoughts, get them down for re-reading and then figure out what drove worst-moi to write/contribute in the first place. … Continue reading Security Data Ukraine
False Prosperity
"When you borrow a lot of money to create a false prosperity, you import the future into the present." -Michael Lewis, Boomerang
Examples Of Ignorance
It's 2014--if you've forgotten. Or maybe you avoid the clock all the same. Nomatter, dear worst-reader. For today we have yet another example of American't ignorance and how that ignorance rules/governs everything. Or maybe not. First. The situation. Or should I call it: Reality? Either way, in 2014 a huge chunk of America still has … Continue reading Examples Of Ignorance
Law & Disorder
"I would a thousand times rather be the most incorrigible convict than this hireling of those who are trying to maintain law and order. Law and order! Finally, when you see it staring at you through the barrel of a rifle, you know what it means. A bas puissance, justice, histoire! If society has to … Continue reading Law & Disorder
Moral Self License
There you have it, dear worst-reader. Moral Self Licensing. When vocabulary finally catches up to the antics then you know all is well. Until then, there has to be an explanation for how so many can just follow the herd without any self intellectual recourse. Or is that recourse waiting in the wings to show its true face? … Continue reading Moral Self License
Fly Change Not
At last count I've been flying across the Atlantic at least once a year, mostly between FRA and the mid-Atlantic coast USA, for the better part of twenty-five years. If I worst-say that's a quarter century, does that make it sound more significant? But these trips go even further back to when I was a … Continue reading Fly Change Not
Old School
Why blogging will fail (when compared to OLD SCHOOL journalism?): the writing isn't about the person doing the writing. Or something like that. Rant on.
Power Humor
"The people who must never have power are the humorless." -Christopher Hitchens, Arguably
Green Hell Cool
One of the coolest things about riding around the Green Hell aka Nürburgring is when you come across German car makers testing their newest mass, über-priced creations. Sometimes they disguise the vehicles so well you can't tell what brand they are. I bet BMW and the lot have departments in their corporate dungeons with people … Continue reading Green Hell Cool
Ice Wankers
Note: unfinished post. You know what it's like when you can't find that famous quote? The quote that fits exactly what you're trying to convey? You can't find it because it's been misplaced, lost, dissolved to where only its burnt shadow still exists. But you're sure that both the quote existed and it came from … Continue reading Ice Wankers
The Artist Is
"Admitting this, I nevertheless firmly believe that no world order, no world harmony, is possible until the artist assumes leadership. I mean by this that the artist in man must come to the fore, over against the patriot, the warrior, the diplomat, the fanatical idealist, the misguided revolutionary. It is not against the gods man … Continue reading The Artist Is
Politics For Stupid
Where the lost go? The road to nowhere. The small (minded) animal running in his run-wheel. And. Worst-writer is never surprised when he comes across yet another article that misses everything it should or could be about. But don't get me wrong. I'm not an opinion killer--like I was way back when I worked for … Continue reading Politics For Stupid
Throw Like A…
Things beautiful. Like. Crabs from my beloved (and missed) Chesapeake, walking along marshlands on the eastern shore of MD, catching a sunrise as it awakes my mid-Atlantic. But there is something else beautiful. Even though I don't really follow sports much anymore, while in the US recently and drinking my sorrows away at whatever pub … Continue reading Throw Like A…
Dad Would Be Proud
Can't remember the first time I heard Sean Lennon sing. It's been a few years. Why do I want to remember? Nomatter. What I do remember is how his voice sounds so familiar. Whether I compared it to The White Album, Revolver or Abbey Road, I can't help but hear Lennon's father in that voice. And that's … Continue reading Dad Would Be Proud
Another Mirror
Do you really believe Ferguson is a problem because of militarizing the police? Although I worst-believe that military equipment should not be trickled down to the common folk of a war-mongering nation, the police have been militarized since I can remember--the only difference being their equipment changes with every war. The fact that war-mongers made money … Continue reading Another Mirror
Strange Fruit
As American't finds no shame in its behavior, there is only the slight hope that remorse will join the ride of history to tell this story. Ferguson is yet another example of the true face of who and what we are. Fiddle with your ideas of militarized police or dabble in explanation of government behavior. There are … Continue reading Strange Fruit
Remove Spanish And Be Surprised
Check out the second map in the article. Does this surprise anyone? I had no idear that German was spoken at all in the US. Ok. I guess it makes sense German would be spoken where there are so many militias and gun nuts. Oh well. If the language fits... Rant on. Language map: What’s … Continue reading Remove Spanish And Be Surprised
Keeping The Change (A Eulogy)
(Note: I've taken the liberty of anonymizing the text a bit. Names have been changed to protect non worst-writers everywhere. That said, I've lost my step-father recently--and I'll miss him.) Dear friends, guests. We are gathered here today to pay homage to a friend, an uncle, a colleague, a neighbor, a father, a stepfather, a … Continue reading Keeping The Change (A Eulogy)
Disingenuous Defined
While reading this article I couldn't help but think about the people who came up with publishing something like this and then I tried to worst-imagine the people who read it (excluding moi, of course). I mean, this paper is the only "national" paper in the country. It's available at newsstands everywhere, in every hotel … Continue reading Disingenuous Defined
The Loser
Don’t blame yourself because of the courses in college you didn’t take, the job you changed or the amount of money you don’t have. There is a social and economic problem today and you are the victim. Blaming yourself only supports the illusion that you can solve the problem. What a painful thing this is … Continue reading The Loser
If I Were A Rich Man
Normally I praise the place I live because it is a pretty good example of a country governed by law & order. For the most part that holds true because Germans are still rather obsessed with Ordnung, although this is waning. More importantly, Germans are obsessed with maintaining the machine that provides them so much sustenance: the German nation-state-corporation … Continue reading If I Were A Rich Man
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