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... )

I may write a lot about the modern, "western" world's disconnect from the Reality of Life on Earth, but every once in a while, I'll come across something that just takes my breath away. I really shouldn't think myself so radical.

Holiday at the End of the Earth: Tourists Paying to See Global Warming in Action
Bored with your usual holiday? Try ( Read more... )

Apparently, a microphone was accidentally left on at a G8 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, and recorded an informal conversation between Blair (the poodle) and Bu$h, Inc. (Blair's master).

It is absolutely HILARIOUS transcribed into Czech language. And VERY revealing. I'm sorry I don't have a version in English. Courtesy the Czech daily, Lidove ( Read more... )

Well, it was a toss-up...do I tell a happy story (2006 Fremont Solstice experience) or a completely screwed up one??!

Let's go with the totally rooted....

I had a very nice lunch today with the lovely Rev. Rich Lang of the Trinity United Methodist Church, and we had a brilliant conversation on culture change and social justice. I look forward to ( Read more... )

A passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists, and infusing into one the enmities of the other, betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter ( Read more... )

Head of Oregon liquor-control agency charged with drunken driving, resigns

There's a guy standing on the corner near my work dressed in a Cookie Monster outfit with a sign begging for "cookie money."

I thought this series of pictures was rather interesting - not safe for work !

WARNING - this might be considered "lewd and crude" by some, if you're easily offended, stay away

:-)

http://sweb.cz/coxynka/babicka/

What is it with this "I'm just going around the corner" thing with drivers?? You must know what I'm talking about. Perhaps you do it, too, without thinking ( Read more... )