Making the Internet a Better Place

I'm a bit too drunk now (already—I know) for any topical writing, but I thought I'd take a second and direct your attention to some Web platforms that I read daily.

I definitely recommend Begging to Differ. First off, you know you like the Duke reference. They're a group of six guys presenting well-formed opinions from across the political spectrum, not just the liberal blah-dee-blah you read here. Seems that most of them have a strong hand at photography as well.

Hackmuth's blog—call it the Dust Congress as you see on my sidebar, or Falsedawn as you see in the link—reminds me a bit of Charles Demuth's The Figure 5 in Gold painting. That notorious painting is based on a poem by William Carlos Williams, and I think, similarly, Hackmuth puts synthesis to work on his site. Nearly daily he posts poems (with a Beat lean) along with other juicy news and culture items. And anyone who works the Modern Lovers, Holly Golightly, and John Cale into his monthly DJ playlist is gold in my book.

And if you're not reading Fafblog!, that's your own damned fault.