Tom Waits has always had more imagination than he knew what to do with. In the seventies he imagined a drunken beat poet alternate reality to the tough-but-sensitive singer songwriter milieu of his Southern California surroundings. Even so he beat them... »
One more trip to the airport. First we took the ferry into Seattle. It was raining this morning when we walked over to M's place. But by the time we were headed to the ferry the sun was out. We walked from the island into Seattle - around and aroun... »
Imagine there was no snow on earth and some science fiction writer talked about this cold white powder that fell from the sky covering everything. In the cities it covered a lot of dirt and ugliness. In the woods is decorated the trees in a mantel of... »
Amanda Simpson is the Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology in the U.S. Department of Defense. She is the first openly transgender female presidential appointee. Bent Alaska presents her stor... »
