Category: religio

• 15 Songs for a Solstice

  Dec 22

  …to help keep the cold in on the first day of winter. (As if most of us needed help with that.) Here’s to a new season of personal (and universal)… more ›

• Bullet-Point Friday

  Nov 24

  Today is Labor Thanksgiving Day in Japan. After (only) two years in Japan I still have no idea what that means or what is celebrated. But I was always thankful… more ›

• Thanksgiving Thursday

  Nov 22

  A random selection of music to be thankful for: “Beaten Thursdays” by Prefuse 73 “The Columbia” by Lackthereof “Elvis Cadillac” by Rickie Lee Jones “Four Three All India Radio” by… more ›

• Bullet-Point Friday

  Oct 26

  It’s like, you know, flamenco piano: when you hear the first measures of just such a beast you recognize the form (flamenco) but don’t recognize the medium (piano) because your… more ›

• American Justice/Global Injustice, or Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

  Oct 9

  I just finished reading two articles from the IHT: German claiming CIA torture loses final appeal and 40 years after Che’s death, his image is a battleground after doing some… more ›

• Observance

  Oct 8

  Today, on Columbus Day (Observed) I’m sitting through a lecture on early American history—yeah, academic calendars don’t quite match up to national holidays. (When I was at UD—boo! hiss!—I was… more ›

• What there is to learn

  Sep 27

  If nirvana is reached only after the extinguishing of desire, which, of course, includes the desire not to desire, because desire causes suffering, which defines the life of samsara, yet… more ›

• Scivias

  Sep 26

  I remainTogether:t(w)o-gatheredA union w/o unityIdentity w/ differenceSingable yet always (yet) unsung remainderTwinned coils twining throughHere & (t)here & no(w)here:now/hereWo ist der Mensch?W(h)er(e) ist der Mensch?Here- her- he- achAnd a thou-Sand… more ›

• Spam from the Great Beyond

  Sep 6

  If you are reading this, then the Lord Bobcat Jesus has come down in his infinite flames and glory, surrounded by heavenly hosts and neighborly guests, in order to take… more ›

• Spam from the Great Beyond

  Sep 6

  If you are reading this, then the Lord Bobcat Jesus has come down in his infinite flames and glory, surrounded by heavenly hosts and neighborly guests, in order to take… more ›