Confessions of a Runaway Serfer

Runaway Serfer

Runaway Serfer
Location
Red Zone, California, USA
Bio
I received an MFA in Writing and have a novel in progress. I'm Managing Editor of two journals, one online (www.armageddonbuffet.com) and one print (Fiction International). This blog begins in medias res.

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Salon.com
November 17, 2009 12:00PM
“Very funny post. Congratulations. Thou gh it's mystifying to my that you would confuse the two pageant contestants. One is blond and the other is brunett…”
About: The SarahPalinCarriePrejean Two-for-One Tour
November 10, 2009 03:57PM
“Very good post, though you might have trouble returning to the U.S. with all your "propaganda" about the event. Don't you know the United Sta…”
About: Watching the dominoes fall in Berlin: Reflections on 11/9/09
November 08, 2009 03:04PM
“I agree with what you said. I think Obama is doomed to fail unless two small changes are made. If he can do them before the (potential) debacle of the…”
About: 1 Year Later: Obama & "Incremental Change We Can Believe In"
November 08, 2009 01:53PM
“You can't help where you live, I guess. At least you seem to be less of a participant in it than Faulkner was, who - though a brilliant writer whom I a…”
About: American Public High School Stories: A Microcosm
November 07, 2009 01:08PM
“I said, "If he had declared victory..." This implies that the Civil War had already been fought and won by the Union. The CSA seceded and the…”
About: The 1st 13th Amendment - a reply to Runaway Serfer
November 06, 2009 03:01PM
“This is why I think Lincoln made a huge mistake. If he had declared victory, and told them, "go ahead and have your Confederate States, only build…”
About: American Public High School Stories: A Microcosm
November 05, 2009 11:48AM
“Fascinating story. Thanks for sharing. Here in California are people who want to build such a wall. They want to keep "illegal immigrants" out…”
About: My escape from East Berlin
November 04, 2009 02:21PM
“Thank you for this important essay. Silencing people - shunning - is the tactic of cowards.”
About: Our "Disappeared": Reflections on The Legacy of McCarthyism
November 04, 2009 12:43PM
“Of course the GOP declared "victory" in the NY race. They always declare victory: "Heads I win, tails I WIN!!" is their motto. It'sR 30;”
About: "Tea Baggers," Lose Big On Tuesday
November 01, 2009 05:26PM
“But - if people stop believing in Apocalypses, who will read Armageddon Buffet??? http://www. armageddonbuffet.com”
About: Contemptuous Memes Part II: "Cycles of History"
October 30, 2009 02:06PM
“Funny - when they finally decided to bring scientists into the storyline is when I thought the show had a chance. Read the book. Yes, it was a book bef…”
About: Flashforward Jumps The Shark
October 27, 2009 12:04PM
“When did they become medical experts? When someone with "MD" after his name stuffed silicone in their breasts, lipo'd all the fat off their s…”
About: When did B movie starlets become medical experts?
October 23, 2009 07:17PM
“I think that Frankenstein is at fault - Frankenstein and the atom bomb. For many in Hollywood, these represent science gone amok, and scientists who cr…”
About: Surrogates -- substituting for good story
October 23, 2009 07:02PM
“Good news! Community was picked up for the season! http://www.nbc.com/new s/2009/10/23/nbc-picks-up-comm unity-parks-and-recreation-and -mercy-for-full-se…”
About: A misanthrope discovers Community - and men stripped naked
October 19, 2009 11:48AM
“You make a god tour guide. It will have to do until I go to Berlin. Too much to see, too little time, and too many places closed to an American woman.…”
About: Berlin's "New Museum" reopens after a seventy-year sleep
October 18, 2009 02:30AM
“Yes, you must be. I get sound. But thanks for trying Community.”
About: A misanthrope discovers Community - and men stripped naked
October 16, 2009 01:36PM
“They ask all those questions about jurors' education because they need to know if they are, indeed, educated (know how to learn, how to evaluate eviden…”
About: Nothing like a good, old-fashioned murder trial.
October 15, 2009 05:54PM
“Shave their chest hair? Doesn't seem likely. Strip off their shirts? Networks don't want to pay the hefty fine for a "wardrobe malfunction."”
About: A misanthrope discovers Community - and men stripped naked
October 15, 2009 03:30PM
“It's a Greek tragedy: death by hubris. It's situational irony: her killer was also exercising his Second Amendment rights. How safe was she, really? She…”
About: The Message and Murder of a Pistol-Packing Soccer Mom
October 12, 2009 12:17PM
“Don lacks the ability to establish boundaries between himself and others. That's why he has no control over his impulses. If someone wants to have sex…”
About: Wee Small Hours: Mad Men, Season 3, Episode 9
October 09, 2009 03:01PM
“If you define the "capitalist system" as unrestricted and unchecked greed - regardless of who or what it hurts - then yes, I guess by that de…”
About: What My Family thinks of Michael Moore: Update
October 09, 2009 02:51PM
“A very good ad. Now have it played on every Fox News outlet in Maine - if you can get it played on Fox News, that is. And (if you are gay) be sure to te…”
About: Latest NO on 1 ad rebuts religious fear mongering in Maine
October 07, 2009 11:51AM
“Too true. And they thing they are being "objective" when they do it. Two glaring examples: 1) When my niece was a grad student at Harvard (Ken…”
About: The Seven Lies of Journalism
October 06, 2009 12:33PM
“When I grew up my parents liked to say, "Save your Confederate money, 'cause the south will rise again!" And they were not Southerners. And t…”
About: A rant about stupidity... and the coming civil war...
October 05, 2009 05:27PM
“I do not want to be a journalist. I never wanted to be a journalist. What I want is for journalists to tell the truth, but too many journalists are inc…”
About: The Seven Lies of Journalism
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