Category journal

Did you ever wonder how it came to pass that so many great minds came together at the founding of our country — John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson..and the like? What was it in the world that forced so… Continue Reading →

you know, the ultimate cynic would have guessed the corrupt when not incompetent military-industrial-bureaucratic complex would not have been able to avoid blowing us all up to kingdom come there in the fifties and sixties. but the soldiers with the… Continue Reading →

tom petty asks “the boys upstairs want to see / how much you’ll pay for what you used to get for free”

we had really had a great time this past week. wow. really great. therein lies a whole tale, the most of which must remain untold, at least for now. but we returned home to a rude awakening of the real… Continue Reading →

So, bible thumpers and atheists alike, what makes you think you can imagine a world from which no one has ever returned? Go ahead and quote your bible verses at me if you like, but I’ll quote them right back… Continue Reading →

there was a baby crying in church this morning. I mean really squawling. my first thought was that it would have bee a little more considerate for the parents to step outside, but then I thought, that’s what we must… Continue Reading →

I recently noted the passing of my18,000 birthday. I celebrate my birthdays daily. why not? It just sort of occured to me as a fun exercise in “fast math”. I figured, if I was 100 years old, that would be… Continue Reading →

the unit of time we call seconds relate, I believe, to the beat of a man’s heart when at rest. minutes and hours are constructed in a way that relates seconds to days using a numerlogical system based on the… Continue Reading →