Beam Me On
I’ve started using my ancient page at Blogger for a new blog called Beam Me On. It’s basically a catchall for all the things that make me beam and smile and light me up inside. You know, in case of emergency.
Gaza
I don’t like what I’m seeing at all. I don’t like the fact that there is no one in a position of leadership who will even discuss the human cost of what is happening on the Gaza strip. I don’t like the fact that Barack Obama has said nothing. What are they going to do, treat it like we treated Fallujah? Disproportionate response. The situation is complex, for sure – and I’ve been listening to the arguments for days. The…
Oh! I Forgot! SING
Although I can’t feel my toes at all, I’m happier now. I forgot! I have to sing. I haven’t been singing! I just did an hour’s set. My poor neighbors. Really. But I don’t think I really belted anything out… except for maybe “Dear Prudence.” I feel SOOO much better now. How could I have forgotten? What is wrong with me? How could I forget that I have to sing? My conclusion was “Dream a Little Dream of Me.” Man,…
They
Do you see what I see? “They” is the voice of inauthenticity. Courage is required to know and to be yourself – but it’s the only way to live with truth and authenticity and richness. It’s the only way to thrive. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSLvcJ4I1mw[/youtube] They, by Jem Who made up all the rules We follow them like fools Believe them to be true Don’t care to think them through And I’m sorry so sorry I’m sorry it’s like this I’m sorry so…
Ex-JW – Expressing the Pain
I received another of these heartbreaking letters from a former Jehovah’s Witness today. This one has a couple of themes that appear in so many of the letters that I get that I thought it was worth posting once again. A few of the details have been altered to protect the privacy of the writer. Hi. I left the “truth” in 19xx. I was baptized, but eventually got out of an abusive relationship and a religion that told me that…
Oh, thank you, package from Amazon.com
Oh joy! Books! Books I ordered, but that now appear like a comic gift to me from Benevolent Deities Inc. Happy sigh. Ahhhhh…. two for browsing at leisure, one for candy satisfaction: Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings Rob Brezsny Diva Lion says: Pronoia is a philosophy book of a most unusual stripe. It takes a lot of the ideas that Breszny has developed on the Free Will Astrology…