Roy Zimmerman – Funny Songs About Ignorance, War and Greed … 12 Free Songs of Christmas – Day 1 Roy Zimmerman is being compared to Tom Lehrer – but he seems like a neo-Arlo to me. The first download, available today, is Jerry Falwell’s God. (Check out Chickenhawk too) Thanks Roy! Needed that.
An interesting take on spiral symbols. Spiral imagery is universal – it doesn’t usually symbolize this, but why not? The claim is overstated, but it’s a great little flash movie and a set of very ancient ideas in a neat package. I like the viral experiment aspect, of course. Give Me the Master Key Note: I think “master key” was a bad choice of words…
The first American President I remember is(was) President Richard Nixon. I didn’t know anything at all about Nixon except that I had seen his face on television – and he looked pretty mean to me. At my school there was a fad. A kid would draw the following set of lines on paper, or in the dirt, or by laying out twigs: | | | / | | | | Then ask “Who’s the devil?” Even if you had seen…
Wow – look at those Christian Fish! What a fabulous find! One of the most ancient christian churches – and where is it? In Megiddo. MEGIDDO! And how did they find it? Starting construction on a new prison wing for Palestinian prisoners. Israeli prisoner Ramil Razilo was removing rubble from the planned site of a new prison ward when his shovel uncovered the edge of an elaborate mosaic, unveiling what Israeli archaeologists said Sunday may be the Holy Land’s oldest…
I’ve published another poem, “Invocation to Benevolent Deities Inc” – a shorted and somewhat revised version of the invocation on the VirtuBene site. I got my copy of the book a few days ago, and I have been enjoying all the other works. I am honored to be included among so much talent. It’s volume 6 in a series edited by Marlow Peerse Weaver – In Our Own Words: A Generation Defining Itself. Mine looks just like these, but the…
Note: This is actually a compilation of a couple of letters. Personal matters have been stripped out, and there is some reorganization for the blog post. — You have come to a realization that what really matters in this life is how one manifests love and compassion, what your relationship is to other people and to the divine. Some people never truly confront this. We talked a bit about your experiences, and it was then that I realized you probably…