My ends approach, brutal convergences of life ( Read more... )

Recently I've been binging all three seasons of The Fall at the house in the Media Cave. I'd watched the first season for the first time a while back, I think with K back when he'd spend time at the house with me, perhaps as long as 10 years ago. I remember liking it, but that the ending of the first season didn't resolve anything. I'm not sure ( Read more... )

I think I mean it when I say that,

Angel of Dark Compassion,

I'm here to hug you while we stare upon reality,

The planet is warmer because of human activity, and not only because of our CO2 emissions.  Humans emit other kinds of greenhouse gases, some of which never existed on earth before, some of which will remain in the atmosphere for tens of thousands of years.  We've also affected land use in ways that warm the planet, because we've taken over so much ( Read more... )

Media darling and Democrats' favorite incumbent Republican -- Liz Cheney -- lost her Wyoming Republican primary contest by more than 2-1 yesterday, despite raising millions of dollars from out-of-state Democrats ( Read more... )

I have only been present for the passing of my grandfather, T's dog Lucy, and our dog Dax ( Read more... )

"Mai Neh" -- in Pali it means, "I don't know".  I've spent a long time not knowing.  And now I probably have less time ahead of me than I have behind me.  It's time to move beyond not knowing.  It is time to act.

Kanzeon is a Buddhist Angel of Dark Compassion, having all the eyes to see the world, and all the hands to save the world ( Read more... )

T:  Sometimes when we talk about politics or history, you get too dark for me.

Bug:  I'm sorry.

T:  I know it comes from a compassionate place.  But I'm not always that strong.

Bug:  Yeah, I'm used to things like the Hardcore History podcast.

That was cool how he recognized that my dark side is actually my compassion.  I'm not depressed when I write ( Read more... )