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Wisdom in Hot Chocolate

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:26:36 -0500

Ever wondered why contentment seems to elude man? When we get that which we’ve always wanted, we are happy and seemingly content for a while. But soon, we will find ourselves wanting something else. Our needs, our wants, just keep coming. We are ne

Rowan Somerville: The End Of Sleep

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:23:01 -0500

The mere mention of Cairo conjures up a collage of images to me - of an aged city caught in the shadow of the Pyramids; of a twisted network of alleyways surrounded by a desert expanse; of bazaars, camels, and kebabs. It’s stereotypical and unr

Tangled!

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:22:46 -0500

They always tangle or get knotted up! I’m talking about the cords — those highly functional bits of strands without which we cannot turn on your gadgets unless they are battery operated. I untangle them every day, or every other day, but soon

The Past, darkly… guilt and meditation

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:43:43 -0500

...I was eighteen then. These things were very difficult. I was a big strong kid and often people wanted my help. I always wanted to to do the right thing. The right thing doesn't always come....

Frying pans and Footsteps, Fear and common sense

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:51:25 -0500

Touch Hot Frying pan on of stove and the hand pulls away. immediately. A reflex hard wired in us to protect us. Touch a hot pan. Feel the heat. Yank the hand away. Feel the heart pound. Mind is now alert. Some fearful thought about touching the

Trick, please!

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:39:52 -0500

What up, trick? Learned any new skills lately? Done anything constructive? Have you at least polished up your gold digging skills? Thought not. I am a simple man who likes to observe the world around me. Lately, I’ve been observing a lot of gol

My baby’s hair

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:08:58 -0500

My baby’s hair (Aiden); it has three distinct subtypes of human hair. It possesses the curls typical of such childhood heroes as Dustin Diamond “Screech” and Ben Savage “Corey Matthews”. Nested around his cranium is a lu

Life is a Performing Art

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 04:36:49 -0500

AN UNSEEN HAND turned an unusually bright spotlight upon a darkened stage. Out of nowhere, a figure stepped onto the platform, with no idea how he got there or where he came from. Neither did he know what to do. But in his mind, he seemed to be hear

Life is a Brainteaser

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:09:43 -0500

If you notice, that is this blog’s new tagline. More than a week ago, I decided to change my header, and with it, my tagline. My tagline used to be simply my name. But then I decided to put my name in the header, which, by the way, is a view

Sluething

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:46:09 -0500

If I already Knew… I’d Be missing out on the Adventure of Learning The stimulation of mystery The discovering of what The tempestuous How humbling error Invigorating ‘aha‘ And when I see you you’re always changing the wo

Accessories: Life Lesson in Fashion

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:48:41 -0500

Fashion is generally regarded as a paltry topic, but there are a couple of rules in fashion that would do us good if we could apply them to our life. They are the rules on accessories. When tastefully used, accessories can make a plain ensemble

Beloved Enemy (2008)

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:58:28 -0500

1769 - James Watt redesigns the steam engine. The driving force behind pumps, hammers, compressors and rollers, this machine becomes the pacemaker of the industrial revolution. Soon, Germany sees the first industrial landscapes develop in the Ruhr ar

rain dance thoughts

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:20:09 -0500

Rain dance outside. It was hailing, driving winds and rains, thunderclaps. The power to the house is flickering inside. The Roaring wind and pounding of hail replace the sounds of the neighborhood kids who usually outside around this time. The TV an

A Sinner’s Plea

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:39:31 -0500

There is a hymn inside my heart that begs to be sung, Waiting for my wobbly fingers to strum The strings of my soul’s discordant melody. But my lips refuse to sing the notes That would pull my soul out of the void; For though it badly needs t

Misplaced Punctuations

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:28:21 -0500

. I was once a pointless sentence, devoid of meaning But then I learned I had to mean something… I analyzed my syntax, as well as my words; The turn of my phrases, the semantics of my world. I looked into my clauses, and probed my conjunc

Where I Belong

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:42:02 -0500

Let me ease your life; let me be your punctuation. But please put me where I truly belong. I don’t want to be a misplaced punctuation In the sentence of your life. Causing you to pause where you should be moving on Or stop when all you need is

yr boots, yr hands, yr body

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 13:54:34 -0500

boots on the ground/ the sun in the eyes/ Breath the wind in all around with a head held high

Ferenc Karinthy: Metropole

Mon, 26 May 2008 11:39:54 -0500

At the beginning of Italo Calvino’s If On A Winter’s Night A Traveler there is a passage on the various types of books we meet in our lives, such as those we haven’t read, those we needn’t read, and those we plan to read. One

What Is The Sound Of One Hand Clapping?

Thu, 22 May 2008 02:23:56 -0500

I finally figured out the answer to the question, “what is the sound of one hand clapping?” I have been told that this question stems from an ancient Zen Koan and has been contemplated for centuries. No one as of yet has discovered the ap

I am Mine. an anthem

Tue, 20 May 2008 09:07:33 -0500

Pearl Jam’s Agnostic and Existential Anthem “I am Mine” of we we truly own, what we are free of, what we are responsible to. How our existence defines us and what we really have control of. the lyrics to Pearl Jams “I am Mi