Kozmic Kev Horoscope: September 1st – 7th

Posted on 05. Sep, 2008 by spencer in Paranormal

[The following horoscope was written by Synthesis Weekly columnist Kozmic Kev. He can be reached at kozmickev@sunset.net.]
Aries: Make it good and make it work. The moon aligns with Mars in your seventh house. Do your part to help make peace. The planets and stars support this decision. Work towards having better relationships. Whether it involves work or romance, do what it takes. Moneymaking opportunities may present themselves.
Taurus: Love and service come together for you this week. Get beyond guilt and move into action. When it comes to kids, know [...]

Immaculate Infection 6/18/08: In My Hour of Darkness

Posted on 18. Jun, 2008 by spencer in Apocalypse

[Synthesis blog once again brings you the philosophy of Synthesis Weekly columnist Mad Bob. With no further adieu, we present to you Immaculate Infection.]

In My Hour of Darkness

I am suffering through a crisis of confidence.
More after the jump.
For years I have recognized a pattern to my inspiration; I go dormant for several months and then have spells in which I generate a multitude of concepts and ideas. It works out. In the creatively dormant periods between I can roll up my sleeves and get the work done. I’ve [...]

Red Light, Green Light: Peak Oil, Scarcity and the Land of The Gun

Posted on 12. Jun, 2008 by spencer in Environment, Lifestyle, Science

[The following article was written by Synthesis Weekly columnist Julia Murphy. She can be reached at ninjatreehugger@gmail.com. She likes it when you ride a bike.]
Land Of The Gun

A gun is a tool, a tool of extraction. It is made to extract life from the body. Whether or not you use it for this purpose, this is what it has been engineered for. There are other tools of similar purpose, simpler and less remote, with a reliance on the inherent physical strength of the tool’s user. However, none of these other [...]

Bibliophile 6/9/08: Little Things: A Memoir in Slices

Posted on 10. Jun, 2008 by spencer in Literature

[The following was written by Synthesis Weekly columnist Emilie Clark. She can be reached at emilie@synthesis.net.]

Little Things: A Memoir in Slices
By Jeffrey Brown
Touchstone
So I’ll just come right out and say it: This is not a great book. People who are coming to Jeffrey Brown’s work for the first time should avoid this book entirely (try Clumsy and I Am Going to Be Small instead). But any book by Brown is better than a book by many other people, so let’s not disregard it entirely.
Brown started his career in comics tentatively, [...]

Bibliophile 5/27/08: I Was Told There’d Be Cake By Sloane Crosley

Posted on 28. May, 2008 by spencer in Literature

[The following entry was written by Synthesis Weekly columnist Emilie Clark. She can be reached at emilie@synthesis.net ]
I Was Told There’d Be Cake
By Sloane Crosley
Riverhead
I, like everyone else interested in book publishing, journalism, music or theater, have always fantasized about moving to New York City. That’s where it all happens, you know, and I heard if you can make it there you can make it anywhere. I discarded that pipe dream a while back, but NYC still interests me. Which is why I read Gawker on occasion and keep [...]

Bibliophile: Helping Me Help Myself by By Beth Lisick

Posted on 27. May, 2008 by spencer in Literature

[The following was written by Synthesis Weekly columnist Emilie Clark. She can be reached at emilie@synthesis.net]
Helping Me Help Myself
By Beth Lisick
William Morrow
So graduation is upon us. My main advice to graduates would be to rethink the whole idea and stay in college forever, but it’s probably too late for most of you so you’ll have to go ahead and graduate. Too bad.
Many of you probably think graduation will be the start of your “real life.” You know, the one where you get a job, stop spending so much [...]