author : Sergei Holmes
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July 2008
by Sergei Holmes
Editor’s note: We would love to have included some actual writing excerpts from George Carlin but goofy shit like copyright rules kept us limited to an homage. So please accept these words from a fan with a recommended reading/hearing/viewing list at the end.
My first and only significant use of plagiarism was when I lifted George Carlin’s “Kids Are Too Small”, “Rules, Rules, Rules” and “Parents’ Cliches and Children’s Secret Answers” from his 1977 On the Road album.
It was for a speech presentation in fifth grade. And I had studied that album.
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February 2008
by Sergei Holmes
[Canada is often thought of as our peaceful, docile neighbor to the north. Even a potential enclave to retreat to when the United States becomes intolerable to live in. However, the reality is quite different with internal problems there reflecting the glaring social inadequacies we face. Acceptance of immigrants is one of the most pertinent to those in the US Northwest and Canada’s policies are becoming more adamantly conservative with each passing year.
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December 2007
by Sergei Holmes
This section is intended to bring up a troubling issue that came about from the port protests. Despite the vast array of testimonials and eyewitness knowledge of injury to humans, the focus rested from a critical portion of the population concerning the threat to property. The feelings of a window and the rights of a trashbin were selected by some as higher than any petty human grievances. This collection of quotes from books, articles and the online comment board from the Olympian website is meant to shed light on the history of our nation’s sanctity to property and how it . . .
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March 2007
by Sergei Holmes
Let us travel back to the war-weary town of Belsec in 1940 where we see three young Polish adults standing on a street corner. The first attracts your attention with his gesticulations and comical mannerisms. The other two, a tall man and skinny woman, stand bemused looking at what you gradually assume to be the funny imitator of the three. You realize it's a Hitler imitation, so perfect that Charlie Chaplin would take notes. The other two can't contain their laughter, which is loud enough to almost supersede the roar of a train in the background carrying Jews to the death . . .
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