So, the Big Changes.....

I did find what I was looking for - and more - at the Soulcraft Intensive experience at Breitenbush Hot Springs, in beautiful, beautiful Oregon ( Read more... )

I think this qualifies as a "miracle"

Man in wheelchair accidentally pushed 4 miles by semiBy The Associated Press ( Read more... )

dunny - (Australian English, slang) This word is a shortening of the earlier 'dunnekin' which occurs in many British dialects. The origin of 'dunnekin' is uncertain but the best guess is that '-ken' means 'house' and 'dunne-' is related to the word 'dung.' This means that 'dunny' is literally equivalent to that other well-known Australian term ( Read more... )

The end of the human race will eventually be that we die of civilization

I couldn't resist capturing the irony of this sign placed outside of my regular, the Jolly Roger Taproom. (Note the logo on the Taproom's sign.)


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I was visiting friends in Vancouver, BC this weekend whom I haven't seen in a year (!), and had this exchange:

T: So, what are you going to do with your (B.A.) degree?

me: I'm going to be a religious leader. (serious, matter-of-fact)

T: aahhh, uummm.... (he knows I'm taking the piss out of him) In the Czech Republic?

me: (I shake my head, no ( Read more... )

Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.

--Frank Herbert

I caught this picture of a small decal on a car parked on-street nearby my residence, late one night.

hehe


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(I was going to get into a linguistic argument with myself, over whether to use the term "creole" or "pidgin," but....f--- it ( Read more... )

Pretty neat, check out Apple's front page as of now - and for a while, I suspect

http://www.apple.com/

I bet they're spewing over in Redmond (at Microsoft).