Early on in my life as a secular humanist, my father and I were having a discussion in which he asked me how I could think that looking to humans for answers to the worlds problems could ever work. After all, he pointed out, humans were responsible for most of the problems in the first [...]
Posts Tagged ‘cancer’
Natalie Goldberg and the Accidental Buddhist
I just started re-reading a book I haven’t read in at least 20 years, Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg. I find it absolutely kick me in the nuts jaw droppingly amazing that despite the fact that I haven’t read this book since 1989 I remember it. I remember everything in here. [...]
All Palin, All The Time
Obama gave a historic speech accepting the nomination for the Democratic ticket and nobody is talking about it. Why should they? Obama is old news. And Obama gives great speeches all the time. Palin, on the other hand, there is something new, something juicy. It’s all about Palin.
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McCain/Palin
After today’s surprise announcement of Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running mate, I now believe even more firmly that it would be criminally irresponsible for anybody to vote for McCain.
John McCain is 72 years old and has a history of cancer. If he were to die or have a stroke that incapacitated him (very [...]
Therapy and Meditation
In early 1995, shortly after my wife had beaten cancer and my mother had given birth to my baby sister Jasmine, I was feeling as if I were at my wits end from stress. I bottled up anger, bitterness, sadness, and even joy just so I could maintain a calm demeanor in the middle [...]
tabithah
I was 15 years old. I met a girl. Her name was Tabithah. Eventually, I married her and divorced her and my life has never really been the same since. This is what happened…
When I was 15 I worked in a picture framing shop and spent my spare time recording music, [...]
this morning
I had an incredibly interesting experience this morning. I didn’t ride my usual bus. Instead I rode the 54D from the Mall of America (I’m on the 54M on my way back to the mall right now). So, there I was on the bus and these elderly folks got on. One [...]
another day another dollar
Well, here I am, after about a 5-month journaling break. I don’t know why I haven’t been keeping up with my journal. I just haven’t. There has been a lot happening since the last entry. To sum up:
- Tumblur is nearing alpha testing
- I lost my job at DOR
- I got [...]
