Kenville 2.0
Okay ... I'm inspired to make new change in my life, starting with, well, ME. Release the Goatee! The scary thing is ... I LIKE it. I expected my face to look like some incarnation of Satan or even the hairy butt of an unidentified animal, but everyone says it looks GOOD. And I may donate a foot of my hair to "Locks of Love" to complete the look. My dauhgter is of course for this, but Merry was the one who...
Cool …
Your Linguistic Profile: 60% General American English 20% Yankee 10% Upper Midwestern 5% Dixie 5% Midwestern What Kind of American English Do You Speak?
Evening Retreats
After going out with Susan a week ago, she suggested she needed "unwind" time every week and we should make a habit out of it in some form of reflection. Last night we had the first of our "evening retreats", listening to the first section or two of a CD on Tibetan meditation I got for Christmas from Mer. (I also got one on Christian meditative tradition, which we will probably use next week.) Merry hid in the...
I’m a Gang Leader
I just bought a gang on Hobowars.Com - my old gang in fact. So if anyone wants to join, just go to http://www.hobowars.com/74516 and then send me a message. I'm "? Ravacharlie " and don't bother looking for my gang, as I'm changing the name all the time just for fun right now.
Thought of the Day …
Thought of the Day ... By the breadth and fullness of the world, a man is bound to be ignorant in all but a very few things. So choose wisely what you learn, and be ever so gentle with assumptions regarding the knowledge of others.
Chrissie’s Back
It was great to see Chrissie today - she got back from Florida late Friday and called me this morning just before I was going to call her. We had her over for Chicken Caesar Salad, with Strawberries and Cream for dessert.
My Butt Sticks Out
My butt sticks out. No, this isn't a body-mage statement. It's a problem I haver in my posture, recognized by Lin Lin Choi, the Tai Chi expert who led the seminar I attended at my school yesterday. It was a humbling experience. She corrected various problems I had that I'm used to correcting on other people. Which was wonderful. It's about time I had someone over my own shoulder helping me along. I wish I could do...
Letter to IRS
{posted on Hobowars.Com gang forum}This was an actual letter sent to the IRS after the author was denied tax deductions on two of his children. Dear Sirs: I am responding to your letter denying the deduction for two of the three dependents I claimed on my 1994 Federal Tax return. Thank you. I have questioned whether or not these are my children for years. They are evil and expensive. It's only fair that, since...
Globalization Perspective
Kevin Osborne Seattle, WA I think globalization in itself is not bad or good; it is just a fact of life in an increasingly interconnected world. What IS worth protesting is the fact that the organizations that govern international trade aren't sufficiently democratic or transparent in their operations. The sovereignty of democratic people should never be usurped by a trade agreement. Trade agreements so far have...