On Friday night, Ben had a sleepover planned and so we drove him over there and spent a little time with the adults. We’ve all been friends for about seven years now, and it’s always great to see them, but they have moved and it’s kind of a pain to get to their house. To avoid the northeast perimeter during rush hour(s), we take a back way over Windsor Parkway to Roswell Road. It’s not actually a parkway, but rather…
“The Meaning of Life” Theme – Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life “The Masochism Tango” – Tom Lehrer “The Elements” – Tom Lehrer “Bruce’s Philosophers Song” – Monty Python “Hair” – Hair “Air” – Hair “Once Upon a Dream” – Sleeping Beauty “Where is Love” – Oliver “A Little Priest” from Sweeney Todd “Nothing’s Gonna Harm You” – Sweeney Todd “Dance Ten, Looks Three” – A Chorus Line “Buenos Aires” Patti LuPone, Evita “Sweet Transvestite” – Tim Curry, Rocky Horror…
This song haunts me. Sweetness and Light – Lush See my life (I’ve been so tired) See my self (I’ve been uptight) See my life (I’ve been so tired) See my sight (I could disappear) See with you – – memories fading fast And with you – it’s never going to last You are the sweetness in my eyes You are an apple in disguise See with you I never seem to look the other way Only to stay, Only…
I just don’t like claims about Truth (big T) because they seem so often to be oppressive and inaccurate and arrogant – and they try to encompass too much while they’re carving things up. Truths (small t) are more humble and gracious and approachable, as I think humans ought to be toward what can only be pointed to and not possessed. Maybe the problem is more than just that we seem to want Truth to be about facticity and controls…
So sad… Kiev, August 7, Interfax – 66-year old resident of Kiev conducted a ritual murder of her 9-year-old grandson. She hit the boy with an iron and completed the crime with a rope, Ukrainian issue of Komsomolskaya Pravda daily writes on Thursday. Then a woman carried a boy to the sitting room where she had everything prepared beforehand including candles and a brochure with “a prayer to enter paradise” given to her by Jehovah’s Witnesses. Neighbors told that on…
Antonie Dixon’s sister gives evidence in court When Antonie Dixon told the jury an astonishing tale of sexual abuse by his mother and beatings at the hands of Jehovah’s Witnesses, they must have wondered whether any of it was believable. Today they heard from someone else who was there at the time and she confirmed much of what he said. According to Dixon’s sister Carla, he was dubbed “devil spawn” by their mother. (