sense of doubt

Though the current project started as a series of posts charting my grief journey after the death of my mother, I am no longer actively grieving. Now, the blog charts a conversation in living, mainly whatever I want it to be. This is an activity that goes well with the theme of this blog (updated 2018). The Sense of Doubt blog is dedicated to my motto: EMBRACE UNCERTAINTY. I promote questioning everything because just when I think I know something is concrete, I find out that it’s not.

Tuesday, July 30, 2019

A Sense of Doubt blog post #1622 - AFROPUNK: OUR VOICE WILL BE HEARD!

A Sense of Doubt blog post #1622 - AFROPUNK: OUR VOICE WILL BE HEARD!

So here's a recent newsletter from AFROPUNK.

I have some original work in process but none of it is done yet. Not fully baked, which is a phrase that always makes me think of the movie The Graduate when Benjamin announces his intention to marry Elaine Robinson (who doesn't know and doesn't even like him), and his father says his plan is half-baked. Benjamin asserts that "no, it's completely baked."

That's my blog work right now, unlike Benjamin. It's not completely baked yet.

So a big share, and you have to follow links to get to the content, which I have done with a few and liked what I saw but no time now for commentary.

Leave me a comment.

As I apply for jobs, I tell prospective employers about this blog. Some have questioned the wisdom of doing so. My feeling is that the company I want to work for will respect my views, my passions, my interests and maybe even share them.

Plus, if I post this one now, I am only one day behind, which is today, Wednesday, as I am only posting this entry one day late.

Word.

MUSIC
CULTURE
ART
FASHION

OUR VOICES WILL BE HEARD

COCO & BREEZY: DISCUSS MATTERS OF VISIBILITY

How the twenty-something twin sisters from the twin cities have framed their personal eyewear revolution.

FAT GIRL SEX: MY CONSENT TRUMPS YOUR BONER

The ultimate safe word, “consent” is an inherent right that is yours to grant and take away.

THE SOCIAL CENTRE WHERE MANDELA MET BLACK AMERICA

Opened as a place of "morality" in 1921, the Bantu Men's Social Centre became Black Joburg's gateway to African-American culture and to freedom's ideals.

VIBE OUT WITH US AT AFROPUNK ATLANTA

After AFROPUNK Brooklyn in August, we're sliding right into AFROPUNK Atlanta in October. We'll bring the music, you bring the energy. Grab your friends and your tickets. We can't wait to see you at 787 Windsor.

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"WEATHERING": ON THE CONSTANT STATE OF BLACK PAIN

Eric Garner died five years ago and then his daughter Erica passed away two and a half years later. The funerals seem to never end.

CAN LOVE BE A POLITICAL WEAPON?

The campaign proclamations of Marianne Williamson have become viral memes, but can the spiritual power behind it become a movement?

BRING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH AFROPUNK JOBURG

This year is more than halfway over! Start planning for AFROPUNK Joburg because you already know it will be here before you know it! Solange and Miguel will be there. Will you?

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THE PEOPLE OF PUERTO RICO WILL BE HEARD

Over the past week, the word on the San Juan streets has been: "Ricky, renuncia, el pueblo te repudia!" Ricky, resign, the people reject you.

GRAPEVINE TV:
LET'S TALK ABOUT LOVE

The dating landscape is a hot-ass mess.

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AFROPUNK MIXTAPE 055: LIVING THE FUCK OUT LOUD

Tracks by AP favs Nova Twins, Bob Vylan, Saul Williams, HXLT, and Gary Clark Jr. join new artists like The 1865 and Vagabon for a mixtape that couldn't be quiet if it tried.

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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 1907.30 - 10:10

- Days ago = 1487 days ago

- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.

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I am Christopher Tower the gmr

I am Christopher Tower (or Chris), and I am a writer of stuff. I grew up in Michigan; I now live in the Portland, OR metro area. I play Ultimate, ride a bike, and supposedly educate college persons while myself being educated in college. I am married with two kids, a beagle, a curly lab, and a fiesty pug/frenche mix. I like sushi. I love all SF, fantasy, comic books, D&D, board games, and Gnosticism. I am a Jungian. I am currently studying Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Walden University.

SENSE OF DOUBT STATUS AS OF 0705.04 - 16:45

Sense of Doubt is not currently dedicated to any themes or special interest. The subject matter is mine and may range from comic books to ultimate or from Baseball to feminist-centered media criticism. Until I feel I have enough content for multiple blogs, or until I am seized with a desire to create multiple blogs, this is it, and appropriately so. "Sense of Doubt" came about in Bowie’s Berlin period and the dark, ambient collaborations with Brian Eno. Like the Bowie of 1978, I have my own darkness that steals over me and through me, infecting everything. At the risk of sounding far too melodramatically obsessed with my own self-flagellations, this blog dedicates itself to that darkness, that infection. But it’s fun, too. Hey, I can be amusing? Or not. It’s the way of the [w]rench. Neurosis compelling action in insecure double-checking and misunderstanding evasions. It is my way.

More from the original description text that needed editing in 2015: Furthermore, Sense of Doubt is dedicated to the random. The theme is no theme. Just questions, doubt, and uncertainty. Feel the power of not knowing the answer. So dedicated on the last day of July 2006 by the Galactic Monkey Wrench.

The Galactic Monkey Wrench

This is the logo of the Galactic Monkey Wrench. I was given the nickname Galactic Monkey Wrench in college by a friend of mine who felt that I threw the monkey wrench into the cosmos at every available opportunity. Later, in discussions with my best friend, who is the Lord of Chaos (the Loc), he asked for my title and when I told him, without thinking, he blurted out "the gmr!" Since this was random and we appreciate randomness, I became the gmr, even though technically I should be the gmw. But gmw sounds like a car or some industrial manufacturing firm that makes a strange widget of which one has never heard. This acronym fetish may make no sense to anyone else, but my friend and I are quite driven to provide acronyms for many things. At the very least, it allows us to keep our conversations obscure and often private as no one knows about what we're talking.

Monkey Wrench Books

Chris's books

A Feast for Crows

by George R.R. Martin

This book is a little slower than the others. But if you become invested in this series, it provides key information about the history of Westeros and the lands across the Narrow Sea. It may not contain chapters with my favorite characters ...

A Game of Thrones

by George R.R. Martin

Do I really need to review this book? It's one of the best books I have ever read. Martin is a great writer. All the books are great, and I am loving my time rereading them. If you have not checked out these books, start here and get ready ...

The Golden City

by John Twelve Hawks

These books are immensely entertaining. Treat yourself to some strong writing, great action, compelling characters, and a mix of metaphysics and theology. The ending of this third book, which is presumably the last, is anti-climactic and so...

Pathfinder

by Orson Scott Card

This was a fun book. Not OSC's best but very good OSC nonetheless. The best thing about is the time travel, slowing, and speeding powers of the characters and how OSC engages the reader in discussion of causality and time paradox. For fans ...

Swamplandia!

by Karen Russell

This book came to me via my wife Liesel who discovered it and urged me to read it. Beautifully written with compelling characters and a sense of the magical (yet realistic, somewhat). Funny yet full of the pathos that marks a good if not gr...

Hey, Mom! The Explanation.

Tuesday, July 30, 2019

A Sense of Doubt blog post #1622 - AFROPUNK: OUR VOICE WILL BE HEARD!

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