It is a time of freedom and fear, of Gaia and of borders, of many paths and the widening of a universal toll road, emptying country and swelling cities, of the public bought into privacy and the privacy of the public sold into invisible data banks and knowing algorithms. It is the time of the warrior's peace and the miser's charity, when the planting of a seed is an act of conscientious objection.

These are the times when maps fade and direction is lost. Forwards is backwards now, so we glance sideways at the strange lands through which we are all passing, knowing for certain only that our destination has disappeared. We are unready to meet these times, but we proceed nonetheless, adapting as we wander, reshaping the Earth with every tread.

Behind us we have left the old times, the standard times, the high times. Welcome to the irregular times.


Oh, Grow Up!
Friday, May 14, 2004
 
Well, now they've gone and done it. Al Sadr and the Americans were fighting too close to the Imam Ali Mosque, in the Shiite holy city of Najaf. And wouldn't you know, it looks like they've gone and messed it up. Oh-oh! Al Sadr's militiamen blamed the Americans for the damage. But Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt said nuh-uh, "Go ask Muqtada who put that hole in the shrine." (Source: AP, 5/14/04) Real mature, guys. You were both playing too close to the shrine, and it's both your faults. Shame on both of you, you should have known better.


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