In the last post I was complaining about the heat. Now we have just finished--he said, hopefully--the first real winter we've had here in recent memory. the temps have been fluctuating over a period of about 10 days or so from highs in the low 70s to highs in the low 30s, with corresponding cycles in the lows. I sure hope this is all over with; I'm ( Read more... )

In the list of people who have influenced me in a positive manner over the years, Robert Anton Wilson is definitely in the top 10. His general good humor and insights have often been helpful in beating down the depression monster and reminding myself that I can change destructive behavior and negative viewpoints into their more constructive ( Read more... )

“All religions preach charity and forgiveness; but those virtues are hard to practice when you are surrounded by sons of bitches.”

Robert Anton Wilson, Email to the Universe (Tempe, AZ: Falcon Press, 2005), p. 206.

A recent interview with guerilla ontologist Robert Anton Wilson."If you look at the Dreyfus Case, then you know how governments work. They wouldn’t back down. Everybody in Europe knew he was innocent. Still they held him on Devil’s Island much longer than seems humanly possible. Governments hate to admit mistakes. People for years were lead to ( Read more... )

I went to see Sol-Fly's production of Robert Anton Wilson's Wilhelm Reich in Hell at Hyde Park Theatre last night. It was quite zany -- Bertolt Brecht on acid, as it were. There was Verfremdungseffekt by the truckload, as well as a distinct Kurt Weill flavor to some of the music. The four principles -- Paxton Knight (Reich), Josie Colier ( ( Read more... )

"Name two books that someone who wanted to understand you should read."

I agree with lassiter that coming up with just two books is a problem, but I would have to say that in my case, two books that did have a major influence on me are:

1. Thus spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche. I first read R. J Hollingdale's translation in 1967.

2. Cosmic ( Read more... )

Since the Demopublican parties are in a terminal "tie me up, tie me down" relationship with anyone with more than $1000 dollars in their pocket, and ( Read more... )