Desert Soliloquy Second Edition: A Perfectly Sane Misanthrope Hides in the Desert

by David Rice

Charcoal makers were paid around ten cents per wagon load of charcoal, and within less than a decade they had slaughtered the once-common high altitude pine tree forests of the area (and, incidentally, eradicating the chief source of winter protein for the Southern Paiutes who depended on piñon pine nuts to survive).

replace the City Council with bums, tax the churches, and shut off the water to the fucking golf courses--- the improvement would be instant, and everyone wins.

“He gave the impression of being a man who knew the world was crazy and had decided to become part of the problem, rather than the solution.” -- Warren Murphy

Loitering: the world’s fourth most asinine “crime,” after “criminal substance ingestion,” “vagrancy,” and being mentally ill (number five: being arrested for resisting arrest, and no other reason). Loitering: the crime of sitting or standing idle in one place while breathing quietly to oneself.