E-democracy or How to become an involved citizen without ever leaving your mother’s basement

So you want to do something but are afraid of the sun or people or simply don’t like them. You want to do something to make your community a better place but are clueless about the how other than sitting at meetings.

Cali Chronicles: Could Smurfette Have a Bachelorette Party?

Yes it’s been a while….too long, but i have good reason: a visitor, a very important wedding & two
super fun bachelorette parties none of which were in LA so i cut myself some slack. Ok, to spare you some writer’s block gripes, I’ll stick to the obvious topic at hand (considering where I’ve been the [...]

Spring Forward, Fall Back Down: A firsthand account of Hurricane Wilma’s Aftermath

Tonight is Daylight’s Savings Time. I think that’s the one. We set the clocks back because creepy farmers tell us to. There was an episode of Pete and Pete, my favorite one actually, about it, where the Petes view it as a form of time travel. It really is, since you get to relive the [...]

The Yeti Rants: The Devil’s Holiday? I Just Want Candy

So you have your plastic, store bought costume with the mask that cuts into your eyes. The argument about weather or not you have to take your little brother along with you is over, and yes, the little brat is in toe. That’s okay, you know the perfect house to scare the pants [...]

Thoughts From The Ether

Hullo again everyone, glad to have you back with me. I’m not sure exactly what’s going on in my world, mostly just being busy and deciding on a job offer. Always fun stuff right, yeah sure right. So I’ve got that going on, along with my other duties around the Pulse. I should have some [...]

In His Likeness - 10-26-05

How to Make Decisions #7

How to Make Decisions
Issue 7
Welcome to the InsidePulse advice column. Around these parts we study logic and perception. We welcome your letters, questions and desperate pleas for help in this uncaring world. As always, e-mail WBXylo at Gmail.com.

Hodgepodgeatorium - Wasting Time

I honestly believe that I’ve been introduced to the devil. Like, I’m completely enraptured and on the verge of losing control. Without a doubt, The Warriors on Xbox has irrevocably altered my life.

Supreme Court: Or what I hope my justice is wearing the morning after.

I’m not a demanding citizen. I like people to do jobs that they are trained for. I like my politicians to have a clue about some basic fundamentals. I like my justices to have a basic grasp of the law. Now I don’t expect them to know every federal and state law. I do however [...]

Writing From The Soapbox: The Right To Hate

Today saw the proposed Incitement To Religious Hatred Law begin its process through the British Parliament as part of a wider anti-terrorist act. This profoundly misguided law is another in a series of Hate Crimes that threaten the very basis of sound Justice in my country. This column was written last year for 411black about [...]