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On AC since: 06.08.08
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Previously wearing the byline mask of Nibbles Gigglefoot, Charles Dickey has decided to come out of the pseudonymn closet with the publication of his fifth article, "Peak Everything." He believes passionately in subverting the stupidity of corporate culture.
Education/Experience:
Autodidact
Motto:
"The reason they call it the American Dream is that you have to be asleep to believe it." -G. Carlin
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Trudge through suburbs and candy graveyards on this day.
House: "No! We won't pass this! The American people..." Senate: "Here's some sweeteners!" House: "Oooooh, sweeteners."
Drawing attention to alternatives to propping up a decaying and dysfunctional globalized economics of greed and abuse..
Speculative metaphors, caricatures, and some information on the meltdown of speculative economics.
Editorial essay about the unnecessary violence and violations employed by police at the RNC in St. Paul
A short essay on the gigantic problem of industrial civilization, with general suggestions to work towards human-scale technologies, meaningful work, and communities.
Thoughts about the inhumane and deplorable conditions of living in a highly-specialized, highly-industrialized society, and general suggestions for downshifting in a more sustainable, sane direction.
Editorial and suggestions on getting along in a post-fossil-fuel world.
A basic overview of and thoughts on peak oil, coal, natural gas, and the prospects of the future of the Earth, with amusing anecdotes.
Could there be a link between mild recreational drug use and creativity? A brief look at the local youth and a consideration of drug-fueled and drug-aggrandizing poetries.
An offbeat, quirky review of the MMORPG, with a cocked eye towards the social implications of hack-n-slash gaming, and the possible racist undertones of killing orcs in the name of goodness, purity, and apple pie.
Natural plant-based alternatives to DEET and other potentially harmful insect repellents, plus references to a couple of marketed all-natural mosquito repellents.
Snow. Squishy, fluffy, sticking summer snow. It's all melted off now, but for four hours this morning, the town of Pullman, Washington suffered frozen confusion as snow fell and accumulated on green leafy trees and verdant grass.
 
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