Wireless

Now I am typing on an unsecured wireless network inside my house. I do not know how to secure it or why it is working. Earlier today I bought a wireless router. Its installation and configuration wizard did not permit me to install and configure it. I phoned technical support in India who said the … More Wireless

Easter, 2010

Today, in New York City, the US is torturing a Muslim detainee with no prior criminal record who has not even gone to trial. Too long a sacrifice Can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice? Easter was April 4 this year. The Orthodox Easter coincided with ours. Passover does not … More Easter, 2010

Accent

Now the Internet has been installed at my house, on a very advanced and inexpensive system. The man who came to install it was of German and Polish extraction. He had a differently Southern accent, quite beautiful as many Southern accents are. I thought he was from Kentucky, but he was from central Texas. Axé.

Il Furore

We voted, and now we have a furor. I would like to write a parody based upon what follows, but I have no time. Thus does my parody remain “unattempted in prose or rhyme.” Yet it is the weekend, and so we must sing. 1 Le donne, i cavallier, l’arme, gli amori, le cortesie, l’audaci … More Il Furore

The Putis Massacre

A good video has been made on this important 1984 event in Peru. Servindi says: Lo cruel del hecho es que el batallón militar hizo que los propios comuneros cavaran su propia fosa, con el engaño de que se trataría de una piscigranja para beneficio de ellos. En la fosa descubierta entre mayo y julio … More The Putis Massacre