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Re: What Were YOU Doing in the Middle Nineties?

Sherry — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:25:00 -0000

This is great stuff. In the 90s, I was finishing up college, trying to tone down my Big Hair from the late 80s and trying to fiure out who I was...am still trying to figure that one out.

Re: This Week in Literary Links #8

Sherry — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:21:32 -0000

The new cover looks great, Frank!

Re: People Like Drupelets: What Kurt Vonnegut Knew About Overpopulation

Frank Marcopolos — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:06:30 -0000

Thanks, Karl. Yeah, the left-right paradigm is just a way for the media and power elite (who own the media) to control the Overton Window of people's perceptions about politics. It's way too confining for me, and in no way reflects reality. It's the illusion of choice, rather than an actual choice, as George Carlin said.

If we can get beyond that window/box, though, the potential for great leaps in evolution are possible, it seems to me. Which is exciting.

Re: People Like Drupelets: What Kurt Vonnegut Knew About Overpopulation

Karl Wenclas — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:03:15 -0000

Excellent post, Frank. The nonsense which comes out of the official media is overwhelming, and seldom questioned. So we get for this year's election: Harvard vs. Harvard.

Re: Have You Changed?

Frost42_24 — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:03:22 -0000

I have changed so much since my 20s and I have recently moved back near where I grew up after so many years of being away. All those formative years when I was somewhere else, I was changing and evolving. Now that I am back near the people who knew me back then, they all still think I'm the same as I was when I left. ( like you suggest in your blurb) I'm different in so many ways-how I think, how I react, my level of "haminess" has declined,I'm more liberal in some ways and more reserved in others. It's funny to see myself through their eyes. It's a reminder of who I was. In ways that has been a good reminder of a lower stress me, which I have needed. Most of the people around here are the same though, hanging with the same people and doing the same things they've been doing since we were little kids. Life's an interesting ride.

Re: Was Jack London Secretly a Gaian?

Frost42_24 — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:45:48 -0000

Great post .I like you. Are you getting out of that city or staying put? I seem to recall something about your apartment situation...?

Re: What Did Edgar Allan Poe Know About al-Qaeda?

Frank Marcopolos — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:52:34 -0000

Yes, and I think it's also important to realize that the new tyranny never looks like the old tyranny. So, while people might be suspicious if some obvious Hitlerian took power, they're less likely to expect it to come in the form of monetary enslavement, for example.

Re: What Did Edgar Allan Poe Know About al-Qaeda?

Jolysebarnett — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:54:26 -0000

Well researched and written. Frighteningly accurate examples of why we must be students of history so as not to repeat it.

Re: Have You Changed?

Frank Marcopolos — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:24:04 -0000

I guess I'm always surprised by how much people DON'T change...and of course, if you asked THEM, they'd probably say they've changed a lot. Just depends on one's perspective and whether "change" is perceived as positive or negative in the context of any given conversation.

Re: What Did Edgar Allan Poe Know About al-Qaeda?

Frank Marcopolos — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:46:13 -0000

In the entire course of human history, tyrranical bondage and enslavement of "the masses" by the elites has been the norm. America has been the exception to the rule, and that's why it's so important to understand history and then fight to prevent it from repeating itself here.

(And also: thanks for reading & retweeting, Donna! haha)

Re: What Did Edgar Allan Poe Know About al-Qaeda?

Donna K. Fitch — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:41:57 -0000

Excellent post. I was drawn in by the title on Twitter, and your post didn't disappoint. I never would have thought to connect Poe and al-Qaeda. Tyranny never seems to vanish, does it? Thanks for a thoughtful start to my morning. I've retweeted.

Re: Have You Changed?

Vladimir — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:44:42 -0000

Change is inevitable... change is good most of times.
I changed a lot in last 20 years. Back than I was spoiled annoying little jerk.
Now, I tend to believe that I became less spoiled, not so annoying little jerk. :)

Re: Have You Changed?

Frank Marcopolos — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:50:34 -0000

Hi Julie! Guess he/she couldn't handle your evolution... I think that's kind of the way it is with most people, though. They want that "first impression" to STICK or else it's like they're admitting they've made a mistake or something, which is hard for people to do I've noticed.

As for exes, I've got as many as the population of Texas... no, just kidding. That's a bad country music song, I think. And besides, most of mine live on Lawng Islan'.

Re: Have You Changed?

Frank Marcopolos — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:47:28 -0000

Yeah, facebook is amazing in that it allows you to "glimpse" into people's lives, and it makes it easy to see when people are exactly the same as they were back in the day.

I, too, choose evolution! Viva la evolucion! (Or something.)

Re: Have You Changed?

Julie Frayn — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 08:31:41 -0000

Hi Frank! I definitely have changed. Do NOT want to be the fool I was at 18, 20, 25. Life is about learning, adapting, moving moving moving forward. Learn from every day and embrace the opportunity to grow and change. My ex expected me to stay the same. Surprise - I didn't. Hence "ex" . . . . :)

Re: Have You Changed?

citygirlnomore — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:52:02 -0000

Your blog post reads so true. I have lost count of the amount of significant changes I have made to my life over the years, rather like a pheonix. Whenever I revisit those phases and people in my old life (probably on my 4th phase of life now), they are still there doing the same thing and Facebook is a very good example of this. I guess change is not for everyone, but for me, 'comme de swazon' - like the birds I have to keep evolving.

Re: A Bottleneck in Time

Sherry — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:37:53 -0000

You paint a vivid picture of your apartment. Sounds like cause for sorrow and celebration in leaving it behind, but I like your thoughts at the end about the prospect of getting to experience something new. It is exciting. I wish you luck and hope you land in a great place. I'll be waiting to hear what's behind the next door.

Re: A Bottleneck in Time

Frank Marcopolos — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:28:50 -0000

Thanks for reading, Rachel!

Re: A Bottleneck in Time

Rachel — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:26:12 -0000

Pure raw emotions layed down so elegantly thank you for sharing frank -@cehyienza

Re: A Bottleneck in Time

Frank Marcopolos — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:59:41 -0000

Thanks, Mikki. I would think that when I'm in my new place the practice will continue for me, too.

Re: A Bottleneck in Time

Mikki — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:03:25 -0000

I found your story enchanting. Having had a crapy apartment in my life I know just what you mean. Now I have to follow you on twitter and see how you do. Good luck to you!! And BTW I'm in a house now and treat my walls like cork board for my writing. That won't end with the apartment

Re: A Bottleneck in Time

Frank Marcopolos — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:25:39 -0000

Thanks, Isis.

Re: A Bottleneck in Time

Isisaphrodite — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:03:22 -0000

Such a poignant, raw and honest examination of your emotions, as you leave the comfort of the known and head into the unknown. I found this to be a heartfelt eulogy to the 'crappy apartment' that you both loved and despised for the past decade. A fitting tribute to the journey that you took (and those that accompanied you) on your journey. May the next place you call home lavish you with just as many life-changing adventures.

(Minus any form of Chinese Water Torture, of course.)

Re: The Strange Case of a Mind Shift (Part 4 of 4)

Sherry — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:55:24 -0000

These are the life revelations that have an impact on our very perception of reality and how we can choose to see things differently. Thanks for sharing your story of awakening.

Re: The Strange Case of a Mind Shift (Part 1 of 4)

Freeda R — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:32:38 -0000

BRAVO! I loved part one....Sherry