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I Don’t Belong Here: This Is Not Enough
Francis Fukuyama wrote this pretty famous essay in 1989, The End Of History, later expanded into book form in 1992. The fall of the Berlin Wall had just happened, and with it the decades-long Cold War started to finally evaporate like the bad dream it was. Fukuyama argued that this end of the Cold War was not just any other old event in mankind’s history, but rather the end of history itself. That mankind had, with the victory of Western liberal democracy over the Evil Empire of communism, achieved the final point of human society and government. Western. Liberal. Democracy. In other words, Fukuyama looked around the world he lived in — in 1989, no less — and said “Yep, this is it! We’ve done it! It can’t get any better than this!”
And boy oh boy, I couldn’t possibly disagree more. READ MORE »
I Don’t Belong Here: The Other Sweet Science
I was bored. That’s how most of my stories begin. I was bored, so I started photoshopping word balloons onto pictures of my friends. I was bored, so I plotted a scenario to drive my girlfriend out of my life. I was bored, so I stopped going to my classes. In this case, I was bored, so I started shooting rubber-bands. This was at work, where the nature of the job dictates long periods of intense boredom punctuated by heavy bursts of frantic and desperate activity. This was the former. Hence the being bored, which I will keep hammering on until you are just as bored as I was. READ MORE »
HACK № 31: Hack History Month
Howdy Leapers, welcome to the 31st leftover rotation of HACK. If you’ve made it this far, it’s only because we’ve made it this far together.
So I’m writing this on my birthday. Yep, true story. READ MORE »
HACK № 30: Lowdown and Soul Dirty
Howdy Hierophants, welcome to the thirtieth rendition of HACK. If you’ve made it this far, quit your whining. I’ll do more than enough for the both of us.
This week it’s the night before this week’s piece is due and I decided to just give it to you all in one short 4 hour burst. I’m leaving nothing out because, guess what? I turn 34 in a few days and I can assure you that I am now too old to give a shit. About what, exactly? Exactly! I don’t give a shit! But in case you’re in a hurry here’s a handy table of contents:
Part 1: Self-Referential Whiny Stuff Written in Second Person Narrative
Part 2: A Brief Pause
Part 3: A Dirty Joke and A Stolen Line
Part 4: Gov. Chris Christie, The United States Flag, Whitney Houston
Part 5: Telepathic Communication With Marcus
Part 6: Black History Month
Part 7: Stars Are Cool
Part 8: Closing Remarks
Part 9: Week Links (Bill Hicks, Dyce the P, Chris Christie, Star Size Comparison
Here we go!
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HACK № 29: In Defense of Social Networks
Awhatup Avatars? Welcome to the twenty-ninth ego-entity of HACK. If you’ve made it this far, I remind you of the immortal words of the still mortal immortal Paul Godmore…
It’s hard to argue with that logic. Yet I will do just that. This is for all of you out there that hate on blogs, Facebook, Twitter, dating sights and anything else about the good ol’ Internet. READ MORE »
Letters From God: Carnage
I’m going to apologize in advance if this post is weak or lame. I feel like garbage and am soooo not motivated. Well, here goes nothing.
“They can’t understand us! Why can’t you grasp that?!”
“I need to get out! Let me out! I don’t want to die! Please!”
Letters From God: Rhymes With Shmashmortion
Today, I would like to talk to you boys and girls about abortion. According to dictionary.com, an abortion can mean a number of things such as: the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy; any of various surgical methods for terminating a pregnancy,especially during the first six months; an immature and nonviable fetus. I would like to emphasize the word nonviable. This word, according to the ever-ready dictionary.com, means not capable of living, growing, and developing, as an embryo, seed, or plant. In simpler terms, an abortion is essentially the premature ending of a pregnancy to prevent carrying the child through gestation and giving birth.
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