So here's to my first burned CD (how has it taken this long?) - I'm working on the perfect mix for Janiland tomorrow morning. And the first track I'll be burning? Why, Green Tree Theory's Temporary Gray, of course.

Something is afoot. I'm not sure what (though I have my suspicions), but suffice it so to say. I should know better in a few hours. More details later. Sorry for the cliffhanger nature of the post - I just want to be able to say I told you so later.

I've finally found a brand of halva I like. Up till now, the only halva I've tried has tasted like chalk and had the consistency of the dehydrated astronaut ice cream sold as a novelty snack. But I finally seem to have found some that tastes "right", whatever that is. It may well be that connoisseurs would find it too moist...but I doubt it. I' ( Read more... )

"Oil company experts debate whether we will effectively run out of oil in twenty years or fifty, but the essential point remains: if you're under thirty, you can expect to see a post-oil civilization in your lifetime."

-Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century

Party hat on? Check.

Seriously, do I even use this thing anymore ( Read more... )

Evocación

Tierra seca,
tierra quieta
de noches
inmensas.

(Viento en el olivar,
viento en la sierra.)

Tierra
vieja
del candil
y la pena.
Tierra
de las hondas cisternas.
Tierra
de la muerte sin ojos
y las flechas.

(Viento por los caminos.
Brisa en las alamedas.)

Yesterday was Kiska's birthday The 9th was Kiska's birthday - she's passed the year mark! It only hit me today, even though I serendipitously sent a message to her other parent yesterday to give her my love. It didn't even occur to me. How the hell did I forget? I'm such a bad father. Somehow, though, I think she'll forgive me ( Read more... )

The divine friends must be attracted to and enamored of each other and ever be ready and willing to sacrifice their own lives for each other. Should one soul from amongst the believers meet another, it must be as though a thirsty one with parched lips has reached to the fountain of the water of life, or a lover has met his true beloved.-`Abdu'l- ( Read more... )

So it wasn't until a week ago that I figured it out by flying around on Google Earth: the farthest point of shore on the horizon I can see across the bay - yeah, that's Lebanon ( Read more... )

See if you can find Waldo in the October 2006 Youth photo. First one to spot him gets the first postcard to be sent from the Holy Land!

Addendum: If the site is being stupid and giving you some kind of "Forbidden" tomfoolery, click here. The second icon from the left under the photo (the magnifying glass, intuitively enough) will let you view ( Read more... )