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…
How did I miss this? The only reason I found it, almost exactly a year later, is that someone clicked on the link this morning and I saw it in my stats. Last November 21, the “Something Understood” Show of Religion and Ethics on Radio 4 BBC used my collected quotations of the Compassionate Buddha on their “For What We Give Thanks” show, hosted by Fergal Keane. This is one page from the Virtual Church of Benevolent Deities Inc subsite…
Vocal Individual Readily Undertaking Sensual Hugs and Erotic, Arousing Delights What kind of kiss are you? brought to you by Quizilla You have an entrancing kiss~ the kind that leaves your partner bedazzled and maybe even feeling he/she is dreaming. Quite effective; the kiss that never lessens and always blows your partner away like the first time. Which Weird Latin Phrase Are You? brought to you by Quizilla Non curo. Si metrum non habet, non est poema. Which literature classic…
Stop the Patriot Act Expansion The Senate Intelligence Committee has voted to expand the Patriot Act to give the Justice Department and the FBI more powers to secretly acquire secret information about American citizens without any judicial review in advance, and without the knowledge of those being investigated. This is a clear violation of the Constitution and against the wishes of the people and of many state and local governments. But Congress appears set to do it anyway. Combine this…
From Africa Action: Recent reports coming out of Darfur indicate that the security situation is deteriorating rapidly. There have been fresh assaults on villages and the Janjaweed, with Sudanese government air support, have attacked a camp for internally displaced people, who had already lost their homes in previous attacks. In the past month, the United Nations evacuated all but essential personnel. Some aid agencies are no longer able to reach the camps in some areas of Darfur because insecurity has…
“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official.” — President Theodore Roosevelt In the one case the government and the king may rightfully furnish you their notions of patriotism; in the other, neither the government nor the entire nation is privileged to dictate to any individual what the form of his patriotism shall be. The gospel of the monarchical patriotism is: “The King can do no wrong.”…