The Geecologist

Blood not paint

Blood not paint

Sep 26, 2009 | Lies | 0 comments

They held up a stone. I said, ‘Stone.’ Smiling they said, ‘Stone.’ They showed me a tree. I said, ‘Tree.’ Smiling they said, ‘Tree.’ They shed a man’s blood. I said, ‘Blood.’ Smiling they said,...
Letter to D – A Love Story

Letter to D – A Love Story

Sep 12, 2009 | Truth, Truth & Lies | 0 comments

You refused to follow the fashion and had your own ideas about what to wear. You refused to let advertising or marketing supply you with needs you didn’t feel. On holidays, we’d stay either ‘with a family’ in Spain, or in modest hotels or...
Auto Da Fé

Auto Da Fé

Aug 5, 2009 | Lies, Truth & Lies | 0 comments

As he was passing by the cathedral, warm, uncanny sounds reached his ears. He would have sung in the same key, had his voice, like his mood, been at his command. Suddenly a spot of dirt fell on him. Curious and startled, he looked up at the buttresses. Pigeons preened...
Confessions of a radical economics prof

Confessions of a radical economics prof

Aug 2, 2009 | Truth | 0 comments

…I realized another problem. The students who believed in the radical view were also convinced that large corporations were so powerful that nothing could be done about them. Instead of inspiring my students to radical activism, I had taught them to be cynical...
The Betrayal of the West

The Betrayal of the West

Jul 26, 2009 | Campaigns, Geekery, Truth, Truth & Lies | 0 comments

We are racing toward the end of the world and have no plan of escape, but it is considered impolite to acknowledge that fact in public. We see the mistakes we have made, but we continue to make them with an apparent blind obstinacy… We know the implications of...
Auto Da Fé

Auto Da Fé

Jul 11, 2009 | Lies | 0 comments

‘How old are you?’ ‘Nine and a bit.’ ‘Which would you prefer, a piece of chocolate or a book?’ ‘A book.’ ‘Indeed? Splendid! So that’s your reason for standing here?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Why...