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The artist—thin and beatific—sat cross-legged on the floor, spliff in hand. The artist—thin and beatific—sat cross-legged on the floor, spliff in hand. That’s how I like to think of myself. Pipe in paw. Although if you ever find me cross-legged on the floor, assume I have fallen. Futura was big early, then he disappeared, now…
I’ve proudly served as your governor once before. And, unlike the current governor, I represented every Floridian, regardless of what political party they belonged to or how much money was in their wallet, or even who they loved. – Charlie Crist, the next Governor of Florida So, anyway, I got a letter from Charlie Crist….
I don’t seem to get anywhere, but I’ve been a lot of places. Shallow? I’m not being fair to myself. Honestly do believe the end is near. And there’s been so so much to bear in the last few years I’m numb. This earthquake is just the latest. Reagan and terrorists, cocaine, street gangs, baby…
As wonderful as dogs can be, they are famous for missing the point. – Jean Ferris I don’t have dreams. Sleep hard, nine hours a night. Every night. Don’t even get up to pee. The dog climbs into bed with me. And I put my arm around him And we snuggle. There’s a woman in…
Life seems to be a process of replacing one anxiety with another and substituting one desire for another–which is not to say that we should never strive to overcome any of our anxieties or fulfil any of our desires, but rather to suggest that we should perhaps build into our strivings an awareness of the…
The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it. – Albert Einstein The greatest trick the Right ever pulled off was convincing so many everyday Americans that the people wanting to give them affordable healthcare, education & a…
After emotions are felt, expressed, where do they go? Is there a place where spent passion collects? Surely it can’t simply vaporize, disappear like smoke. There must be a secret hiding place. For every old love affair, a locked room. – Lan Samantha Chang “All I want you to know Is your love is life changing…
The techniques of many cults fall under the general rubric of brainwashing… Consciously and manipulatively, cult leaders and their trainers exert a systematic social influence that can produce great behavioral changes. – Margaret T. Singer, professor of psychology at the University of California at Berkeley Deprogramming the neighbors. My inclination would be to explain quietly,…
Old age ought to be, and essentially, is a manifestation of what is hidden in the depths of man’s nature. It might be, it should be, not an exhibition of crackling impotence and gloomy decay, but the very crown and ripening of life — the symbol of maturity, not of dissolution. – E. H. Chapin,…
“True hope dwells on the possible, even when life seems to be a plot written by someone who wants to see how much adversity we can overcome.” So, anyway, I saw a documentary on PBS, which left me minimally gobsmacked. I did some research. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, does an okay job but I found the work…