( Setting you free since 2004! )

Wisdom springs from meditation;
without meditation wisdom wanes.
Having known these two paths of progress and decline,
let one so conduct oneself that one's wisdom may increase.

Dhammapada 20.282

( Simple yet Complex... )

Zippy The Pinhead epitomises what my journal and I are all about.  Zippy is a simple man wandering the planet in a psychedelic clown suit, spouting wisdom and absurdity for the betterment of mankind.  Only a few will understand his runic riddles, but those who do go on to feel very lonely, existentially, for the rest of their lives.  In this way, ( Read more... )

When I lived in Philly, I liked to spend time in the delightful Rittenhouse Square.  My architect friend lived in an apartment overlooking the park, which derived form the German Rittenhouse (-haus) family, who went into paper and publishing.  They were influential in Pennsylvania, and fanned out, to bring us descendants like the infamous, "Racist ( Read more... )