This was written by a co-worker of mine, a 28 year old former Marine who missed the birth of his first child, and witnessed the deaths of close friends because he was in Iraq fighting for our freedom

Mr. Belling,
I hope this email comes across intelligent and well informed. I am a 28 year old Iraqi war Veteran and before I fought in and for this war ( Read more... )

Something to think about...

No matter what your political convictions are this is an eye
opener....What a thankless people we are!!!

David Letterman, on President Bush. (Surprising)

David Letterman wrote this; it's the David we don't often see....

'As most of you know I am not a President Bush fan, nor have I ever
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The Heart Sutra
Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, meditating deeply on Perfection of Wisdom, saw clearly that the five aspects of human existence are empty*, and so released himself from suffering.  Answering the monk Sariputra, he said this:
Body is nothing more than emptiness,
emptiness is nothing more than body.
The body is exactly ( Read more... )

"If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can blossom like a flower, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace." -Thich Nhat Hanh

What is this wonder-filled universe?
What constitutes seed?
Who centers the universal wheel?
What is this life beyond form pervading forms?
How may we enter it fully,
Above space and time, names and descriptions?
Let my doubts be cleared.

- Vigyan Bhairava (~4000 years ago)

Down to the stream
to watch the jade flow
or back to the cliff
to sit on a boulder.
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Guess what people!

The Warren Brothers are coming to Summerfest!!!

On July 3rd. At 8pm. On the Miller Lite Oasis.

And the best part...

Phil Vassar is on right after them. At 10.

I'm taking a hiatus from livejournal and, if I am capable, the internet almost all together.

I just don't see a point anymore. It's not like people read this stuff anyway.

So anyone want to go to a Brewers game with me this weekend? Friday 7:05 or Sunday 1:05 -- can't do Saturday, gotta double header to go to.

Just a question.

Let me know.

Nothing going on worth writing about.

Oh. I LOVE Chicken Little. That movie is just simply amazing. I love Fish! He's just too cute.

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