tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056Sat, 17 Dec 2011 03:52:15 +0000nostalgiaKhakjaan Wessingtonmind damageSeptember 2 2011Canned Jihadself-thwartAugust 20 2010September 9 2011newsJuly 30 2010FreestyleOctober 29 2010October 15 2010December 31 2010September 10 2010November 19 2010Official CombatWords RulesGoodbyefor your own goodFeb 4 2011September 17 2010YesImpracticalityAugust 27 2010VirtueFebruary 18 2011tragedymagical thinkingpalace of pavementAugust 5 2011fantasyMay 6 2011jmblackstock.wordpress.com should still keep on fightingcombat wordsDecember 10 2010science fictionApologyfraudGetting it wrongfreewayfarceterrorrealityMephistophelesChristmasreflex machineDelusionsci-fiAtonementJune 24 2011commerceJanuary 21 2011April 22 2011splitting hairsHypocrisyforgerySimpletonsimpersonationaphorismMarch 25 2011HAPPY 9 11 EVERYBODYadventureVicePhilip K DickbeandogsJune 17 2011February 25 2011April 15 2010thinking?TabootrickwithaknifeFeb 16 2010Modern Japanwork work jerksMay 27 2011January 7 2011Last combat for 2010mythFebruary 11 2011August 13 2010New YearmagicFriendshipworldviewkarmaJuly 11 2011AncestorsprosebizarreHan DynastypseudosciencereversalAugust 15 2010Logostheological fictionriskHelloBalancegive me more life... fuckerJuly 9 2010conditioned responsesDecember 24 2010combatwordsSalesMarch 20 2010December 3 2010January 28 2011Last callOctober 1 2010March 18 2011MischiefdesireThe EndAugust 19 2011maliceCanned Combat... who has a can of Raid? March 27 2010March 25 2010RandomnessCombatProse2010Feb7November 12 2010April 29 2011Brain damageconformityKombatMarch 11 2011December 16 2011July 16 2010August 6 2010Roman EmpireHooray for dystopiadisguiseInsanityDecember 17 2010April 1 2011HolidaypoliticsOctober 22 2010degeneracyMarcus Aureliusfree willforbiddenSeptember 24 2010April 9 2010ScienceJuly 29 2011September 3 2010October 21 2011April 8 2011July 23 2010Canned CombatSatiredisingenuous semantic intentionsReflexesOctober 8 2010totalitarianismkitschnon-fictionAikidoidentityJanuary 14 2011July 22 2011poetryhaters gonna hatejokechanceindependenceMissingGRAB MY WRISTThe FutureNovember 26 2010fictionJuly 1 2011March 4 2011November 5 2010moneyKeyboards at ten paces gentle(wo)men.http://combatwords.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)Blogger113125combatwordshttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-1839864451150897868Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:58:00 +00002011-12-16T14:58:46.063-08:00December 16 2011combatwordsNew YearCombatwords, December 16, 2011: New Year? I invoke my broken recall and Summon every binding seam, the Sorties of the calendars, to Narrate—that is, weave the fabric— this Deadline (due-date, past-its-prime, or Starting line) of next times. So you rode with graffiti like Orpheus, delving away from the sunlight to Find that the end of the line is Master: a rectangle mirror gone Blue in the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/combatwords/~3/RJhqmWXSNCQ/combatwords-december-16-2011-new-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)1<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S6PVZR1ZwFekLmMVoW0MOwp3X8I/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S6PVZR1ZwFekLmMVoW0MOwp3X8I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S6PVZR1ZwFekLmMVoW0MOwp3X8I/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S6PVZR1ZwFekLmMVoW0MOwp3X8I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/combatwords/~4/RJhqmWXSNCQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/12/combatwords-december-16-2011-new-year.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-3966176767515491811Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:00:00 +00002011-10-21T15:00:24.866-07:00combatwordsOctober 21 2011Combatwords, October 21, 2011: The Enemy Paradox I got in an argument with a friend of mine about America copying the Fascist political economy to defeat the Nazis during WW2. He said I was wrong & that America is its own thing. I argued that when you compare the rates of state spending with both nations & their allocations/purposes that they are actually shockingly similar & merely differ in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/combatwords/~3/Xd_PE4htDAQ/combatwords-october-21-2011-enemy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)3<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PvyUtHU6vWEk6CJkOBP_YPi_Oc4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PvyUtHU6vWEk6CJkOBP_YPi_Oc4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PvyUtHU6vWEk6CJkOBP_YPi_Oc4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PvyUtHU6vWEk6CJkOBP_YPi_Oc4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/combatwords/~4/Xd_PE4htDAQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/10/combatwords-october-21-2011-enemy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-6499546510726271006Sat, 10 Sep 2011 04:37:00 +00002011-09-09T21:38:07.227-07:00HAPPY 9 11 EVERYBODYImpracticalitySeptember 9 2011Combatwords September 9, 2011: Impracticality I was going to skip the game this week, but after a drink of vodka and a witty online exchange with Sean McCollum (http://twitter.com/#!/Syntaxidermist/status/112379794938802177) I will accept the Pepsi challenge and use armor nipples as an aspect of this week's topic. George RR Martin's favorite sarcastic medieval quip seems to focus around nipples http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/combatwords/~3/wkER-cpc2Zk/combatwords-september-9-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eNBqyWTHNafPUDDCjHRWa2w6YyA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eNBqyWTHNafPUDDCjHRWa2w6YyA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eNBqyWTHNafPUDDCjHRWa2w6YyA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eNBqyWTHNafPUDDCjHRWa2w6YyA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/combatwords/~4/wkER-cpc2Zk" height="1" width="1"/>http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/09/combatwords-september-9-2011.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-3973903965649035967Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:58:00 +00002011-09-02T15:58:05.284-07:00September 2 2011YesCombatwords, September 2, 2011: Yes Those who know me know that I can be very negative. I refuse so that I might demonstrate some discipline. I refuse because I fear what I am like when I am unhindered. I refuse because it is inconvenient for me to say yes. 'No' I will not talk to him. 'No' I will not comply. No is the domain of death, zero and yin. But life is yes. Love is yes. Danger is yes. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/combatwords/~3/-fR-4eu31RY/combatwords-september-2-2011-yes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)2<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xpokMqiMsRihgxY9BcMbszXlqNs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xpokMqiMsRihgxY9BcMbszXlqNs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xpokMqiMsRihgxY9BcMbszXlqNs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xpokMqiMsRihgxY9BcMbszXlqNs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/combatwords/~4/-fR-4eu31RY" height="1" width="1"/>http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/09/combatwords-september-2-2011-yes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-226456125419297553Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:57:00 +00002011-08-19T14:57:43.165-07:00combatwordsAugust 19 2011MissingCombatwords, August 19, 2011: Missing Sometimes we know something is missing: your cat runs away, my wallet falls out of my pocket. Sometimes upon meeting someone special, we feel as if we were incomplete before the personnel epiphany—we can miss our love. We can be inaccurate and fail in our aim and purpose. We can also examine the concept more closely: is ‘missing’ a judgment, an opinion, a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/combatwords/~3/scPeSyAbD3Q/combatwords-august-19-2011-missing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)4<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6dvwXC8c-WNxmd9mArXheglSSNA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6dvwXC8c-WNxmd9mArXheglSSNA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6dvwXC8c-WNxmd9mArXheglSSNA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6dvwXC8c-WNxmd9mArXheglSSNA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/combatwords/~4/scPeSyAbD3Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/08/combatwords-august-19-2011-missing.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-3398347099468803870Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:55:00 +00002011-08-05T16:55:32.980-07:00August 5 2011combatwordsmagical thinkingpseudosciencethinking?magicCombatwords, August 5, 2011: Pseudoscience and Magical Thinking Welcome to my chamber. I see many things in my Crystal ball. A ghost has told me that the stars declare that according to your blood type the full moon will determine whether ancient aliens have telepathically imparted upon you the power to influence statistical outcomes. Not impressed? Perhaps you would like to find out more about http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/combatwords/~3/wT-XiSZ0HBw/combatwords-august-5-2011-pseudoscience.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)1<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4E5lkcTy8NtJSAzBuh4x-RZMnZ8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4E5lkcTy8NtJSAzBuh4x-RZMnZ8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4E5lkcTy8NtJSAzBuh4x-RZMnZ8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4E5lkcTy8NtJSAzBuh4x-RZMnZ8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/combatwords/~4/wT-XiSZ0HBw" height="1" width="1"/>http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/08/combatwords-august-5-2011-pseudoscience.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-7731368833528407641Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:43:00 +00002011-07-29T16:43:54.874-07:00July 29 2011combatwordsmind damageBrain damageCombatWords 7/29/2011: Brain & Mind Damage Have you ever slammed your head into a brick wall? Choked to unconsciousness? Blacked out while drinking? That’s the more ordinary sort of brain damage. Phineas Gage and Rosemary Kennedy are more extreme versions of brain damage—actual chunks of their brains were removed. Horrifying, but Anders Behring Breivik and Bin Laden are perhaps even more http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/combatwords/~3/DWiAPoOah9k/combatwords-7292011-brain-mind-damage.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)4<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/f__Sq61gIb2158a-A9OyGKNM4b8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/f__Sq61gIb2158a-A9OyGKNM4b8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/f__Sq61gIb2158a-A9OyGKNM4b8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/f__Sq61gIb2158a-A9OyGKNM4b8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/combatwords/~4/DWiAPoOah9k" height="1" width="1"/>http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/07/combatwords-7292011-brain-mind-damage.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-8425428805432232966Fri, 22 Jul 2011 23:54:00 +00002011-07-22T16:54:54.539-07:00conformityconditioned responsesJuly 22 2011InsanityCombatwords, July 22, 2011: Insanity If you tell me that psychosis, neurosis or any flavor of insanity is a mere social construct, I’m going to ask who diagnosed you crazy and why you have a problem with shrinks. We want to be outsiders, but not too far outside. You don’t want to be too much of a conformist, but if you’re too much of a weirdo, you’re not going to get the boy/girl/gold/glory and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/combatwords/~3/S0By3dFwR-I/combatwords-july-22-2011-insanity.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)6<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WKduAFhG-RgjkVCAXtqJr9Mi6Rk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WKduAFhG-RgjkVCAXtqJr9Mi6Rk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WKduAFhG-RgjkVCAXtqJr9Mi6Rk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WKduAFhG-RgjkVCAXtqJr9Mi6Rk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/combatwords/~4/S0By3dFwR-I" height="1" width="1"/>http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/07/combatwords-july-22-2011-insanity.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-1993668956287727260Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:14:00 +00002011-07-15T10:14:35.442-07:00combatwordsBalanceCombatwords, July 15, 2011: Balance I was reading some scifi fascist—maybe it was Jerry Pournelle, maybe it was someone else—my point is that he made the creepy point that if the Western World (ie anyone who has the time and/or inclination to read/play Combatwords) truly wanted to throttle industrial/technical/economic competition, all we had to do was buy grain. If each of us bought an extra 10http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/combatwords/~3/UBA_KHsnGuY/combatwords-july-15-2011-balance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)7<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3VzIhARiPno_pbK_NYK_GhMnsY8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3VzIhARiPno_pbK_NYK_GhMnsY8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3VzIhARiPno_pbK_NYK_GhMnsY8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/3VzIhARiPno_pbK_NYK_GhMnsY8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/combatwords/~4/UBA_KHsnGuY" height="1" width="1"/>http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/07/combatwords-july-15-2011-balance.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-8613756671456829932Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:42:00 +00002011-07-08T19:26:27.328-07:00July 11 2011sci-fiscience fictionCombatwords for July 11, 2011: The Rules of Sci-Fi The famous and influential sci-fi editor Groff Conklin said there were only a few types of sci-fi stories: invasions from space, space travel & possible worlds, parapsychological concepts, time travel & possible worlds, worlds of tomorrow, the superscience of humanity, and earth wonders. So this topic can either be on the archetypes of novelty, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/combatwords/~3/N52PzRNVn2g/combatwords-for-july-11-2011-rules-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)2<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fvTLTomjGXa4n0u_5VOBGElG_RY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fvTLTomjGXa4n0u_5VOBGElG_RY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fvTLTomjGXa4n0u_5VOBGElG_RY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fvTLTomjGXa4n0u_5VOBGElG_RY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/combatwords/~4/N52PzRNVn2g" height="1" width="1"/>http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/07/combatwords-for-july-11-2011-rules-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-1482519571517582620Fri, 01 Jul 2011 22:02:00 +00002011-07-01T15:02:19.286-07:00July 1 2011combatwordsindependenceCombatwords for July 1, 2011: Independence If I was rich, I'd be stalked by the hungry suits, craving my signature. I would ride the taxi—no—a limo to a fortress of glass and the worm of hunger would slide through my telephone receiver; my monitor. If I had a bunker with a million barrels of oil and a hydroponic farm glazed in a ten horsepower halo of lights, I could grow my food and finally,http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/combatwords/~3/S2bykTskcVA/combatwords-for-july-1-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)3<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IuDcUWZj-RceTj7HtLChmUmyDb4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IuDcUWZj-RceTj7HtLChmUmyDb4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IuDcUWZj-RceTj7HtLChmUmyDb4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/IuDcUWZj-RceTj7HtLChmUmyDb4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/combatwords/~4/S2bykTskcVA" height="1" width="1"/>http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/07/combatwords-for-july-1-2011.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-6727036641885339988Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:01:00 +00002011-06-24T15:01:36.218-07:00combatwordsFreestyleJune 24 2011Combatwords for June 24, 2011: Freestyle 1st poster sets the topic. Subsequent posters need to riff off prior posters. Combat Expiration: 12am PST, 6/27/2011 Critique Expiration: 12am PST, 6/29/2011 Bonuses/Penalties: +2 if posted by 8pm PST 6/24/2011; +1 if posted by 1am PST, 6/25/2011; -1 if posted by 6am 6/27/2011; -2 if posted by 12pm 6/27/2011 The Rules: http://combatwords.blogspot.com/http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/combatwords/~3/JWXhfmr74qI/combatwords-for-june-24-2011-freestyle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)3<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9OW-EeCPWlXiJG2K2kpwE9b40K8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9OW-EeCPWlXiJG2K2kpwE9b40K8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9OW-EeCPWlXiJG2K2kpwE9b40K8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9OW-EeCPWlXiJG2K2kpwE9b40K8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/combatwords/~4/JWXhfmr74qI" height="1" width="1"/>http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/06/combatwords-for-june-24-2011-freestyle.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-8700545658115540285Sat, 18 Jun 2011 02:01:00 +00002011-06-17T19:01:38.641-07:00work work jerksJune 17 2011Combatwords June 17, 2011: Work Work Jerks I've become a work work jerk. I used to work to survive. Now I work for the sake of my own glory. My towering office is a metaphor for my own ego. How despicable. I feel like the protagonist in Falling Down must have felt before he lost his job. Everything makes a sort of misanthropic common sense. There is so much bullshit everywhere, but at least workhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/combatwords/~3/bu6XVI5bGRA/combatwords-june-17-2011-work-work.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UuPzxWZ1UxCKUq2f7Pus95fN9WQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UuPzxWZ1UxCKUq2f7Pus95fN9WQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UuPzxWZ1UxCKUq2f7Pus95fN9WQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UuPzxWZ1UxCKUq2f7Pus95fN9WQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/combatwords/~4/bu6XVI5bGRA" height="1" width="1"/>http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/06/combatwords-june-17-2011-work-work.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-4871875449105545497Fri, 27 May 2011 22:44:00 +00002011-05-27T15:52:46.884-07:00forgerycombatwordsMay 27 2011impersonationdisguisefraudCombatwords, May 27, 2011: Frauds, Forgeries, Disguises and Impersonations Before we can be, we must impersonate being. You wanted to grow up, so you drank that bottle, smoked that pack, filled that womb; cashed that check, wore that suit, inked that notebook, claimed the way was past the gas station—no, the other gas station—whatever. What's wrong with you? Why the small disguises? You could http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/combatwords/~3/rDAVmDDGqJU/combatwords-may-27-2011-frauds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)6<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KYg2ClfgwUFlwjXhd9b0p1klwiw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KYg2ClfgwUFlwjXhd9b0p1klwiw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KYg2ClfgwUFlwjXhd9b0p1klwiw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/KYg2ClfgwUFlwjXhd9b0p1klwiw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/combatwords/~4/rDAVmDDGqJU" height="1" width="1"/>http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/05/combatwords-may-27-2011-frauds.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-2387017512867073335Fri, 06 May 2011 21:58:00 +00002011-05-06T14:58:00.713-07:00combatwordsMay 6 2011freewaypalace of pavementCombatwords May 6, 2011: Freeway Ribbons of meet on the static-yet-mobile palace of traction. Your religion is auto, or stick-shift; it's speed and it's trap and it's an exploration of the already explored. Combat Expiration: 12am PST, 5/9/2011 Critique Expiration: 12am PST, 5/11/2011, with a rolling grace period of 24 hours to allow for critique rebuttals. Bonuses/Penalties: +2 if posted http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/combatwords/~3/UoZqSbXWiQs/combatwords-may-6-2011-freeway.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)4<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/o09OaETKwPvcdED34Tp_IGeXEG4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/o09OaETKwPvcdED34Tp_IGeXEG4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/o09OaETKwPvcdED34Tp_IGeXEG4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/o09OaETKwPvcdED34Tp_IGeXEG4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/combatwords/~4/UoZqSbXWiQs" height="1" width="1"/>http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/05/combatwords-may-6-2011-freeway.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-2843209554411944690Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:06:00 +00002011-04-29T14:09:15.073-07:00combatwordsApril 29 2011AncestorsCombatwords April 29, 2011: The Ancestors The ancestors hate you. Caveman great grandpa x 100 says "When I was your age, I'd already killed a dozen men for their flocks of sheep." Victorian grandpa says, "With so many opportunities for profit, I can't believe you are descended from my loins." Ancient Egyptian grandmother says "You could have married for love, but didn't love anyone? Boo-hoo!" http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/combatwords/~3/zh42Jo7Z44E/combatwords-april-29-2011-ancestors.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)5<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ER1LuG32ui6JoL0fN8faXpIFsB8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ER1LuG32ui6JoL0fN8faXpIFsB8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ER1LuG32ui6JoL0fN8faXpIFsB8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ER1LuG32ui6JoL0fN8faXpIFsB8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/combatwords/~4/zh42Jo7Z44E" height="1" width="1"/>http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/04/combatwords-april-29-2011-ancestors.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-3370710232171288829Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:54:00 +00002011-04-22T13:54:17.825-07:00malicecombatwordsApril 22 2011haters gonna hateCombatwords, April 22, 2011: Declared and Undeclared Malice I'm considered a malicious guy and I'm fine with that. My malice is well considered rejectionism. Why not? There are outrages everywhere. Does this mean I have a thin skin, or does it mean that most people have no moral compass? I say it's both. We live in a vile civilization that glamorizes power and yet, isolates us as individuals; http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/combatwords/~3/ub4_PczYfgI/combatwords-april-22-2011-declared-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)8<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H0_hske83_6wOPJ7QZBrPPe_Vz4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H0_hske83_6wOPJ7QZBrPPe_Vz4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H0_hske83_6wOPJ7QZBrPPe_Vz4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H0_hske83_6wOPJ7QZBrPPe_Vz4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/combatwords/~4/ub4_PczYfgI" height="1" width="1"/>http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/04/combatwords-april-22-2011-declared-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-6394489598471017974Fri, 08 Apr 2011 23:05:00 +00002011-04-08T16:05:14.977-07:00combatwordsApril 8 2011Combatwords, April 8, 2011: Spring It's Spring. Do your thing. Free-for-all rules apply for this combat, which means if you don't like the main topic, go and riff off another combatant's composition. Combat Expiration: 12am PST, 4/11/2011 Critique Expiration: 12am PST, 4/13/2011, with a rolling grace period of 24 hours to allow for critique rebuttals. Bonuses/Penalties: +2 if posted by http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/combatwords/~3/GZn2IHxcGA4/combatwords-april-8-2011-spring.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)3<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5NwWBBbodmi4BqOEvB0QrLpcAjc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5NwWBBbodmi4BqOEvB0QrLpcAjc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5NwWBBbodmi4BqOEvB0QrLpcAjc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5NwWBBbodmi4BqOEvB0QrLpcAjc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/combatwords/~4/GZn2IHxcGA4" height="1" width="1"/>http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/04/combatwords-april-8-2011-spring.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-5496903035755977216Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:47:00 +00002011-04-01T17:32:37.793-07:00combatwordstotalitarianismkitschfantasynostalgiaApril 1 2011Combatwords, April 1, 2011: Nostalgia I read somewhere that nostalgia is a weapon. Maybe I inferred that. Does it matter? Think about it: a whimsical craving for the past poisons one's present and makes one vulnerable to appeals to 'return to the past.' Politics is only one angle—art does the same thing. Perhaps they intersect, as Kundera suggested, in the form of kitsch? And if nostalgia is thehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/combatwords/~3/2YvLafEyHdg/combatwords-april-1-2011-nostalgia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)7<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fobYNPnug5iK7Z_Vbly0ZI6Zrv0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fobYNPnug5iK7Z_Vbly0ZI6Zrv0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fobYNPnug5iK7Z_Vbly0ZI6Zrv0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fobYNPnug5iK7Z_Vbly0ZI6Zrv0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/combatwords/~4/2YvLafEyHdg" height="1" width="1"/>http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/04/combatwords-april-1-2011-nostalgia.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-2568649109447424429Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:30:00 +00002011-03-25T15:30:09.243-07:00Hooray for dystopiacombatwordsMarch 25 2011Combatwords March 25, 2011: Hooray For Dystopia Yes, I know this is a rehash of a #Combatprose (RIP) topic, but nobody here played that game. Besides, dystopia is terrific and always deserves reexamination: drive thru prayer and rubber porn star fuck toys are only part of what makes it so weird. Robo-traders flash crash markets sending millions into poverty and starvation and the powers that be http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/combatwords/~3/Fa0WOWNpfAE/combatwords-march-25-2011-hooray-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)7<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RA8wwFpfaVWlM9Ipa9K7gJ-eB2U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RA8wwFpfaVWlM9Ipa9K7gJ-eB2U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RA8wwFpfaVWlM9Ipa9K7gJ-eB2U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RA8wwFpfaVWlM9Ipa9K7gJ-eB2U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/combatwords/~4/Fa0WOWNpfAE" height="1" width="1"/>http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/03/combatwords-march-25-2011-hooray-for.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-2257050347779191974Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:16:00 +00002011-03-18T12:16:14.694-07:00Roman EmpirecombatwordsThe EndMarch 18 2011Modern JapanHan Dynasty[Combatwords, March 18, 2011] End of an Era When the Han Dynasty collapsed an age of trade made way for an age of war. It was even worse in Europe when the Roman Empire collapsed: the culture was utterly destroyed. When Franz-Ferdinand was assassinated it started the end of 400 years of European imperialism. When I traded my bicycle & New York lock for a suit and tie, it was the end of an era http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/combatwords/~3/DsUuNJajB8I/combatwords-march-18-2011-end-of-era.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)5<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W0_CWtja-jxl86S36xRfmHfkPG8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W0_CWtja-jxl86S36xRfmHfkPG8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W0_CWtja-jxl86S36xRfmHfkPG8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/W0_CWtja-jxl86S36xRfmHfkPG8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/combatwords/~4/DsUuNJajB8I" height="1" width="1"/>http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/03/combatwords-march-18-2011-end-of-era.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-9133391444265028299Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:58:00 +00002011-03-11T16:41:49.132-08:00GRAB MY WRISTcombatwordsMarch 11 2011reversalAikidoCombatwords, March 11, 2011: Reversal In empty-hand Aikido, one facilitates the momentum of an attacker to defend one's self. A few slight movements change a punch into a fist-led flip. Most people in the West consider Aikido to be a purely defensive martial art, which must surprise the hell out of those who practice the form with a sword. A sword you ask? Yes. The very same motions which can behttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/combatwords/~3/6SH6h0UVRrg/combatwords-march-11-2011-reversal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)2<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C9gaQBfgu5QfsWiGsVprbRKSX8U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C9gaQBfgu5QfsWiGsVprbRKSX8U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C9gaQBfgu5QfsWiGsVprbRKSX8U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C9gaQBfgu5QfsWiGsVprbRKSX8U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/combatwords/~4/6SH6h0UVRrg" height="1" width="1"/>http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/03/combatwords-march-11-2011-reversal.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-5870634513776581691Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:01:00 +00002011-03-04T12:02:16.830-08:00March 4 2011combatwordschanceRandomnessCanned CombatCombatwords, March 4, 2011: Randomness Some of you probably believe in fate, but it often seems that things in life happen randomly. Someone caught a bullet in Germany, someone else got hit by a car crossing the street and ended up marrying the driver. Elsewhere, an elderly couple wins the lottery jackpot, after playing every week for twenty years, while their neighbours lose yet again. The http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/combatwords/~3/pgqYwtGBXKk/combatwords-march-4-2011-randomness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)15<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zd2AdWgs5kTshPqCFMYwlzz7A2I/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zd2AdWgs5kTshPqCFMYwlzz7A2I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zd2AdWgs5kTshPqCFMYwlzz7A2I/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Zd2AdWgs5kTshPqCFMYwlzz7A2I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/combatwords/~4/pgqYwtGBXKk" height="1" width="1"/>http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/03/combatwords-march-4-2011-randomness.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-7346496176460301486Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:02:00 +00002011-02-25T12:02:31.287-08:00FriendshipKombatcombatwordsFebruary 25 2011Combatwords, February 25, 2011: Friendship. Friendship? We pour into friends a portion of our identities. We also receive some of their identities. In so doing, we are transformed and preserved at the same time. We have dear, but awkward friends; secret friends—some have no friends and are internally sterile and stagnant. Are we social animals, in need of this exchange, or can you really be an http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/combatwords/~3/t9gQDzeDzII/combatwords-february-25-2011-friendship.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)12<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PqpFvS7qABgH2CuY6ZoqZ3vC3Ac/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PqpFvS7qABgH2CuY6ZoqZ3vC3Ac/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PqpFvS7qABgH2CuY6ZoqZ3vC3Ac/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PqpFvS7qABgH2CuY6ZoqZ3vC3Ac/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/combatwords/~4/t9gQDzeDzII" height="1" width="1"/>http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/02/combatwords-february-25-2011-friendship.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1593358805415544056.post-8017300191561923141Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:46:00 +00002011-02-18T12:47:05.714-08:00combatwordschanceriskFebruary 18 2011adventureCombatwords, February 18, 2011: Adventure, Chance, and Risk I crave adventure in my bones, but I receive it in my mind. I am safer and less traveled as a result. I'm extremely wary of a single expedition causing my total ruin, but I take little risks. We all do don't we? To live is to risk. The best we can hope for is to manage our risk. When we increase our risk, we're taking a chance; for riskhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/combatwords/~3/uwtOF-kKdIs/combatwords-february-18-2011-adventure.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Khakjaan Wessington)5<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aYs175KwrIqyEV4lEmWXOBvR6bY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aYs175KwrIqyEV4lEmWXOBvR6bY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aYs175KwrIqyEV4lEmWXOBvR6bY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aYs175KwrIqyEV4lEmWXOBvR6bY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/combatwords/~4/uwtOF-kKdIs" height="1" width="1"/>http://combatwords.blogspot.com/2011/02/combatwords-february-18-2011-adventure.html