VirusHead – Page 150 – Contagious Thoughts, Mutating as Needed

Happy Birthday Gary Snyder!

2006/05/08 VirusHead Comments 3 comments

My friend Grateful Bear is celebrating the birthday of Pulizer-prize-winning Zen eco-poet Gary Snyder, and I’m joining the birthday party! Happy Birthday Gary Snyder! The Modern Poetry site (Dept. of English, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) has an interesting subsite on him that includes the following: “Conservatism has some very valid meanings,” he says. “Of course, most of the people who call themselves conservative aren’t that, because they’re out to extract and use, to turn a profit. Curiously, eco and…

Mood Ring Quiz

2006/05/06 VirusHead Comments 0 Comment

A bit of nostalgia. I still have my mood ring from the 70’s. It was really just a modification of those strips they use to take your temperature. Since I run a degree or so hot, it was blue when I had it on, and black when I had it off. I always wanted to see it swirl with green, but it didn’t work that way for me. Your Mood Ring is Light Purple Clever Witty Sharp Mood Ring Generator

Deadly Sins Quiz

2006/05/06 VirusHead Comments 1 comment

Your Deadly Sins Lust: 40% Sloth: 40% Wrath: 40% Envy: 20% Gluttony: 0% Greed: 0% Pride: 0% Chance You’ll Go to Hell: 20% You’ll die while in the throws (common mistake) throes of passion – the best way to go. How Sinful Are You? I would have put pride and wrath above sloth, probably. Might be a reflection of my lazy mood today…

Living with War

2006/05/06 VirusHead Comments 1 comment

Listen to Neil Young’s new album, Living with War. Visit the blog. Don’t need no ad machine Telling me what I need Don’t need no Madison Avenue War Don’t need no more boxes I can see Covered in flags but I can’t see them on TV Don’t need no more lies Don’t need no more lies Don’t need no more lies Click on the track title for the lyrics in ticker formet at the official website, or here for the…

Former Jehovah’s Witness Speaks

2006/05/06 VirusHead Comments 5 comments

This testimony letter gives a glimpse into some of the recurring issues. Thanks for sending and giving your permission to post, Angela! I was raised by parents who converted to Jehovah’s Witnesses (from the Catholic religion) when I was five years old (I am now 32). My father is an elder and he and my mother are very active. I have six younger brothers and sisters who are all active JW’s. When I was 18, I married a “brother” I…