Karl Marx III

Now it is once again time to vote. I have changed my banner to its original cool colors, with writing/image manipulation by Nezua. The warmed-up version, also by Nezua, is definitely staying on Z Blackground, where it is gorgeous. My last readers’ poll indicated that the warmer version should be here as well. Do you … More Karl Marx III

Karl Marx II

I am motivated to post some excerpts from Marx because I got a new secretary in the media laboratory which, for reasons I can explain but do not understand, I seem to supervise. The former secretary, a person after my own heart, had printed out the Communist Manifesto and hung it on the bulletin board. … More Karl Marx II

M’du Hlongwa

The politicians have shown that they are not the answer to our suffering. The poor are just made the ladders of the politicians. The politician is an animal that hibernates. They always come out in the election season to make empty promises and then they disappear. But we know that lies are for the time … More M’du Hlongwa

Karl Marx I

Now we will pass some time studying the Communist Manifesto, that is, perusing some choice and still relevant passages from it. On what foundation is the present family, the bourgeois family, based? On capital, on private gain. In its completely developed form, this family exists only among the bourgeoisie. But this state of things finds … More Karl Marx I

Deep Nostalgia

Since we are on the topic of Music of My Childhood, since I have been hit with yet another Distasteful Project at work which distracts me yet further from the True Purpose of my job, and since I always did approve of Gracie Slick, we might as well let the Jefferson Airplane sing: You are … More Deep Nostalgia

1968

This, of course, is Steppenwolf on Born To Be Wild. The song came out when I was a child. Everyone looked like these band members in those days. I did not remember how things had been before, so I did not realize that we were in an unusual era. Right now I am in an … More 1968

Chile, de Santiago a Chiloé

It has been gray, rainy, and freezing – yes, below zero centigrade – for several days, and even the cat is disheartened. I did not take pictures on my voyage south, but someone else made a very similar trip, and has kindly provided us with this video. I classify it as a song. Axé.