Monthly Archives: February 2015

Upside the Apex

/ DeCentral / Hierarchical organizations, the natural not always easily distinguished from the artificial, has long been a major pk theme. My Judgment Day story for example features the triangle shape of civilized organizations from kleptocracy to monotheism: the hoi … Continue reading

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Poetry Scrapbook

Chat / Favorites / Art / Literature / I share something I just learned about John Keats: his poem Bright Star, which the movie Bright Star shows him writing for and giving to his girlfriend, Fanny Brawne, he had earlier … Continue reading

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Pseudo Names

/ HierCon / Neighbors / OK, I surrender. Naming names has not only hurt me all my life, it’s hurt those close to me. It hasn’t hurt those named; it’s hurt me: and my son, my love … The Nazis … Continue reading

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pk the (Senior) Dancer

/ Neighbors / Highlands Dancing / Schiz Center I have Who’s-pk? modules and pk-the-Dancer modules and blah-blah-pk modules all over the place. pk-the-Dancer modules I’ll import from a couple of dance blogs. Meantime, here’s one written yesterday for right here. … Continue reading

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Ann, Beautiful Boss

/ Neighbors / Highlands Dancing / Schiz Center Ann is wonderful. She’s cute, she’s beautiful, she’s energetic, non-stop, really funny. She’s also crazy, vulnerable, a chaos of uncoordinated drugs. My understanding is that the drugs got funneled to her by … Continue reading

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pk ‘Fore & Aft’

/ Neighbors / Highlands Dancing / Schiz Center Who’s this pk that came to the Senior Dance in 2008, all horny, socially parched, out of jail but far from free? I’ve told many dozen stories, featuring personal stories, illustrating failures … Continue reading

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Senior Dance Members

/ Neighbors / Highlands Dancing / Schiz Center Gator Gator played drums in one or another band. Gator was local, grew up in Highlands County. Gator would stand in the rain all day if he thought he could do Ann … Continue reading

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Senior Dance Board

/ Neighbors / Highlands Dancing / Schiz Center Shortly after establishing me as the line dance teacher, Ann asked me to be a member of the Board of Directors. Of course I agreed: as I agreed to do any and … Continue reading

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Sandbag the Teacher

/ Neighbors / Highlands Dancing / Schiz Center The central story here, the story precipitating the “schiz” of my title (schiz / divided), relates to conflicts within the management of the Senior Dance, conflicts that is between the CEO and … Continue reading

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Schiz Management

/ Neighbors / Highlands Dancing / Schiz Center Ann asked me to teach the line dancing. The fuller story is below. I agreed. My “payment”, free admission, was established after I’d agreed to do the teaching. Ann was the CEO, … Continue reading

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