Jesus, the Guantanamo Years Simone Monday, July 30, 2007 What if Jesus showed up today, a bearded Middle-Easterner willing to die as a religious martyr, hav… Read more
Enough To Keep You Up Nights Simone Friday, July 20, 2007 The Democratic senators held an all-night debate on the Iraq war this past Tuesday. The Republicans… Read more
Affirmations Simone Friday, July 20, 2007 I am ready to let a new plant come into my life. I embrace the diversity of my mismatched place se… Read more
Push Reel Mower Superiority Rant Simone Thursday, July 19, 2007 An Eco-Rant for the Clean Air Crowd All you gas fume-spewing turbo freaks You make me sick You make… Read more
The Rainy Season Simone Thursday, July 19, 2007 It was the rainy season. Our outside activities ceased and we were driven indoors. We could do lit… Read more
Breaking Free on the Fourth Simone Thursday, July 19, 2007 It was July 4th. In the evening. During that vague, undefined hour after the cookout but before the… Read more
Baseball Card Store Today I found a store that sells baseball cards. It's called, "The Baseball Card Store." It was just by… Keep reading
Tubes And Transistors Vacuum tubes and transistors. On my mind tonight. They were made by the thousands, back when computers were babies. Wh… Keep reading
Gladiator Inspired Zliten mosaic from Libya circa the 2nd century. Note the footwear. I was browsing the Payless Shoes website when I saw t… Keep reading
May-polles For most people the month of May brings to mind may baskets and flowers, Mother's Day...things we think of as swee… Keep reading
House Beautiful I was in a beautiful house last night. Every once in a while it happens. This was a Victorian house on Massachusetts s… Keep reading
Bong Voyage So Olympic champion swimmer Michael Phelps was caught with a bong. Shame, shame. Let the flood of moral outrage begin.… Keep reading