This is one tag-driven blog, oh yes. (492, at last count). I suppose you could say I am one tag-driven writer, but in fact there are so many fascinating associations between all these great people and moments and the vast collection of asshats, the web is really tag heaven.
I write, not for a living, thank god, but for my own sanity’s sake. To think, which is to say, to write your thinking is to order it and, usually, discover something new. Truth is, the outer situation improves not one bit … but the mind loves thinking, everything feels a tad more orderly and understood after the act of writing.
I’ve been keeping this blog since mid-04, as a kind of personal Op-Ed page. Being the sort of person who cannot keep silent while the asshats take everything to hell around us. Truth is, writers are essentially powerless, invent and release these words into the ether, powerless as to their effect.
Except I know when I’m being funny. Hey, the first requirement of good writing is, entertain yourself.
Zo, Berkeley 2010
“Connie/Zo is one of the most remarkable American writers living today. Through original use of language, self-deprecating humor, and deep understanding of the chasm she sees between men and women, like Cervantes she creates worlds that more bring into sharp relief the foibles of humankind.”
Sylvia Paull, CEO , Berkeley Ventures, Inc.
VIDEO ZO: Farhad Manjoo, Mike Godwin and I talked about death of of Fact and Truth on the Intertubes.
Zo: 8: The Truth – 3:13
9: Internet and Books – 6:15
10: Dilemma of PostModern Culture – 4:25
