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I commit my words to the deep

I commit my words to the deep, and if by some chance they may someday be recovered and bring something — anything at all — with them to you, then let them also bring a blessing, and a caution: as… Continue Reading →

Some weeks ago

Some weeks ago, I left work around noon to go to church for Ash Wednesday. It had been some years since I had done that, but it was a worthwhile experience. These bastards who put down the Catholic church don’t… Continue Reading →

You know, this is positively weird.

You know, this is positively weird. Perhaps like many things, the product of a superstitious mind, or the power of suggestion. Perhaps the universe really is random — I often think of that — the idea that we can see… Continue Reading →

it wasn't wrong. if anything, it was too right.

Weird dreams last night. Or more likely this morning, since I slept in today. the kids woke me up in a tizzy ‘cos monica was driving lizzie to school, and the p.o.s. volvo stalled halfway out the driveway, and she… Continue Reading →

we inhabit an infinite number of different worlds

you know, everybody thinks there’s just one world. there’s this world we all live in. but they’re wrong. there’s an infinite number of different worlds we inhabit. there’s the world you live in and the world I live in, and… Continue Reading →

my definition of love

my definition of love is simple. my happiness derives from yours. only if you are happy, I might be. but if you are not, then I cannot be.

fantastic and varied creatures beneath the still water surface of a mind at rest

the reason we sometimes think dreams are trying to tell us something is because the symbols our unconscious minds select to construct them are necessarily chosen from our own experiences, memories and perhaps submerged feelings, and therefore they appear meaningful… Continue Reading →

Better late than never

Better late than never, I guess. This nyt editorial makes probably the most concise and compelling case for John Kerry that I have seen. What I think happened is they got put on the White House shit list for some… Continue Reading →

why isn't there

why isn’t there a columnist, much less a candidate, with the guts to ask the tough questions? how many members of the current administration have been arrested for drunk driving, or for other crimes? what exactly happened to the records… Continue Reading →

headlines one might see in the liberal media

headlines one might see in the liberal media: Kerry seen as windy Although President Bush suffered from drooling and intermittent incontinence during some of the tough questioning from black lesbian journalist Ima Larminglybad, the crucial first debate is widely seen… Continue Reading →

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