It was a shocking thing to say and I knew it was a shocking thing to say. But no one has the right to live without being shocked. No one has the right to spend their life without being offended. Nobody has to read this book. Nobody has to pick it up. Nobody has to [...] . . . → Read More: About Censorship
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I’m starting the year with bread. How about you? . . . → Read More: Welcome to 2010 This graphic from Jesus Diaz based on analysis by Nate Silver makes me wonder about the TSA. May make you thankful for the TSA. Lottery ticket anyone? . . . → Read More: Airline Terror Odds A cold wind from the future blows into my nighttime bedroom, more often than not during those midnight hours when fear dominates and hope retreats to a netherworld. This wind is a spectre, an oracle of darkness and eventual death, not easily dismissed. Once merely a whisper, its decibels intensify with the advancing years. It [...] . . . → Read More: Midnight Candles Mario Cacciottolo has crafted the wonderful web site Someone Once Told Me. In his words: Black and white photographs A new one every dayEach person writes a messageSomething that someone once told them Somehow I found the site and then spent a Sunday going through the years of history. There’s folklore, advice, parting comments, casual [...] . . . → Read More: Someone Once Told Me Saturday morning brought gales of laughter. The first day of the last three day holiday weekend of summer and it’s raining strong and steady. How Portlandesque. Adding to my glee was the prospect of yard work I was to do, my Labor Day weekend was scheduled to be filled with manual labor. This rain was [...] . . . → Read More: Waning Summer With all the media attention the Hauser family has appointed a contact person, Jim Navarro, and established a website. The home page on the website has a side bar Being in Touch which says “If you have an inspirational story, information about your experience … please consider sharing that story with us.” I wrote a [...] . . . → Read More: Letter to Danny Hauser (two updates below) Are you aware of Daniel Hauser? At this time he’s 13, has Hodgkin Lymphoma, and is on the lam with his mom. They are running to prevent a court order that would force Daniel to resume chemotherapy for his Hodgkins. There is a lot of controversy over this case. People argue over [...] . . . → Read More: Daniel the Chemo Kid |
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