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Since I came to Cold Mountain
how many thousand years have passed?
Accepting my fate I fled to the woods,
to dwell and gaze in freedom.
No one visits the cliffs
forever hidden by clouds.
Soft grass serves as a mattress,
my quilt is the dark blue sky.
A boulder makes a fine pillow;
Heaven and Earth can crumble and change.

Eeeeks, I just got my Discover Card bill! Perhaps I was taking my "Spend Spend Spend" advice a little too much ... I need a second drink ...

The most unfair part is that our trip to Lost River made it onto this bill. We were just there five days ago!!!

;-)

From November to April, U.S. drivers have cut back 30 billion miles compared with the previous year. This year alone, driving has declined by 20 billion miles.

"We're burning less fuel as energy costs change driving patterns," Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters said in a statement.I've been wondering how high gas prices would have to go ( Read more... )

Killing the Buddha: A Heretic's Bible
by Peter Manseau, Jeff SharletFor some long-forgotten reason I added this book to my Amazon Wish List, then Tod bought it for me. As with many of the books I've acquired during the past two years, it sat on my bedroom bookshelf for a long time before I started reading it ( Read more... )

I agree with the blurb on the cover:

"This is one of the grandest thought experiments of our time, a tremendous feat of imaginative reporting." -- Bill McKibben

What more can I say?

I got this book for Christmas from my sister. I had chosen it for my Amazon Wish List, among dozens of other books, and she picked it from there ( Read more... )

I feel like blogging has peaked. Personal opinions are so last season. If only personal opinions could control reality! If only arguing with strangers via the Internet could save the universe!