Archive for December, 2008

3rd December
2008
written by Van Sieve

Excerpts from the comment thread for Jamal Dajani’s article titled “Al Zawahiri: Much Ado About Nothing” on The Huffinton Post website:

…Al Zawahiri is a hate-monger and a cancer to the people of the earth. Despite your claim that most people in the Arab world no longer listen to him, there are still suicide bombings on a regular basis.

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3rd December
2008
written by Van Sieve

The family of Jdimytai Damour, the Wal-Mart temporary-employee who was trampled to death at the beginning of the Black Friday sale last week in Long Island, New York, has filed a wrongful-death suit against the retailer.

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2nd December
2008
written by Van Sieve

Per a recent article on CNN.com –

As a Wal-Mart in Long Island, New York opened at 5 a.m. for the beginning of the Black Friday sale, kicking off the Christmas shopping season, a mob of thousands rushed through the doors trampling a man to death.

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2nd December
2008
written by Van Sieve

Marriage

Should I get married? Should I be Good?
Astound the girl next door with my velvet suit and faustaus hood?
Don’t take her to movies but to cemeteries
tell all about werewolf bathtubs and forked clarinets
then desire her and kiss her and all the preliminaries
and she going just so far and I understanding why
not getting angry saying You must feel! It’s beautiful to feel!
Instead take her in my arms lean against an old crooked tombstone
and woo her the entire night the constellations in the sky–
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