No matter what murder and mayhem the US supports there is always a rationale which we are to feel excuses the action. Israel, the US protogé in the Middle East has learned well and Bush and Rice are supporting this whole-heartedly. Sure the Hezbollah and Hamas have claimed their aim is to destroy Israel, but although their recurring bombings within ( Read more... )

After Pat Robertson's little comment this week about Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela, I thought I'd share this article from Z magazine by well known author Michael Parenti. Again when Bush talks about spreading democracy in Iraq or anywhere it is a lie. Look at the Iraqi constitution and look at this article ( Read more... )

I have one hour of "party" to teach this afternoon, then I have basically 2-3 hours next week. The following week I'll be in the office for a few days repairing/cleaning instruments and then it's 6 weeks off. SO stoked! In other news my boss left the district suddenly and surprisingly. I have no idea why, she took time off at one point because her ( Read more... )

I planted a tree for real. Lemon. Wait...

These are from Tuesday. I didn't bring my camera down to the beach and I missed taking some shots of a Great Blue Heron. But I watched it for a long time.


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I have to say that I'm really tired of hearing Amnesty International have its name dragged through the dirt by the likes of Cheney and the thugs in Washington. The Amnesty report 2005 is the most accurate account of the worlds human rights situation that exists. And for these theiving-lying-murderers to deny that they have a human rights problem is ( Read more... )

Tomorrow is the first of the spring/summer concerts for me schools which means this is the beginning of the end. I have one concert tomorrow and two next week. I have a fourth near the end of June for which the kids are already prepared and a "talent show" in July. Standardized testing begins the first week of June and although in principal I am ( Read more... )

Tonight I saw David Sedaris and it was aight. It's always disconcerting when you're just not appreciating a performance as a lot of the other people. I hear screams and howls and the best I could do is chuckle. I guess I'm just a crotchety old man ( Read more... )

I write a lot about one downer or another, and it's possible that many people are simply jaded by it. But we just went through the holiday season and you know what they say - it's a time of giving and stuff. blah, blah If you're not one of those people who spends their free time or money all year helping others less fortunate this might be the ( Read more... )

If anyone has any holiday cards left over that do not have any religious messages on them I have a good use for them.

Amnesty International has a Holiday card action every year and you can send cards to people who are either being persecuted or some people who are working tirelessly to protect human rights. All you have to do is chose a person, ( Read more... )