So yesterday was one of those days when nothing you want to get done gets done. I got a call from Kris that Mom had called to tell us Dad had been taken to the hospital. With the heat and low air quality lately I was thinking the worst and stopped over to the hospital after work. The doctor was supposed to be making her rounds and was going to be " ( Read more... )

Yes, I'm feeling lately that I'm not that close to being in good shape. I've always been active, but lately it seems like I'm feeling my age a bit more than I figured I would at this stage of the game. Yes, it is probably all mental, or some seasonal condition. I'm just feeling like the parental part of my psyche is kicking the living snot out of ( Read more... )

I've been voraciously reading accounts of people who've cruised througout the world. An interesting melange of perspectives that tend to create a chorus of nearly harmonious agreement. We, who have grown up in the decidedly Eurocentric/capitalist culture of the US find the very depth of irony in the viewpoint that our society is a constant or ( Read more... )

An interesting evening but it seems to be leaving a weird aftermath. Last night I went to Toads place to see the tribute to Doc Cavalier...or rather to see some of the folks performing there. The show was a good one mostly, some amazing perfomers some of them back on stage for the first time in years. I went home and had dreams I was at the ( Read more... )

I watched a portion of the funeral of Pope John Paul II this morning. As a non-practicing Catholic I was once again struck by the paradox of the Catholic Church. In his last will and testament the pope listed no private possessions, his body rested there in a plain wooden coffin (albeit a very nicely made plain wooden coffin). But I can't escape ( Read more... )

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So recently in a discussion, a well travelled aquaintance remarked that he's living in the US because for all it's faults it is still the best country in the world, and that's why most of the people here don't move someplace else. Well that struck me as a nifty bit of hyperbole. Most people choose to remain here because of inertia. Most people ( Read more... )

The phrase "Bend over America" kept running through my mind last night. Now granted, the elections being held in Iraq *was* somewhat of a slam-dunk for George, but let's face it. It was the Iraqi people that made it so. All we did (all we could ever do there) was to create an opportunity for them. It was up to them to have the courage to show the ( Read more... )

Dolphin's Dreams ( Read more... )

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