Archive for October, 2007

Just a little rant about education

Monday, October 29th, 2007

I got not one, but two, mailings this past week from my local school district, which faces severe funding shortfalls and has four funding requests up for approval on November 6th. If all four pass, property taxes will rise on my own relatively modestly priced home roughly $500 per ...

Ennui – part deux

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

It still isn't ennui, but hey, that's where this started so I may as well continue with the, ummm, continuation under the same title. Then again, nothing I've ever read, or seen, that had part deux in its title was worth reading, or seeing, so caveat emptor, even if ...

Ennui

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

I'm not sure ennui can be properly called writer's block, for one thing, first one would have to be a writer, and I am not. Of late, I've been more of a reader, but it isn't what I've been reading that I want to talk about tonight. Recently reading, I ...

In memorium of Kelly Ryan

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

I'm not going to be writing tonight other than this little piece. My remaining son is in process of divorce with his wife, they've been separated over a year, sharing custody of my grandchildren, who are 7 1/2 and a bit over 5. They've all experienced a loss ...

Free will, Fear and Consequences

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

We've talked, okay I have, a lot about the "illusion" we call life here in the relative universe. I've talked about my certainty that life does not end when we end/die here. I've also addressed what that can mean for us as we exercise the greatest gift given ...

Two small things tonight.

Monday, October 15th, 2007

The first is by far the most important. I used a horrible metaphor in my response to Jennifer's comment the other night, when I said, "now the gloves come off", which she took to mean, my fists were up and ready for a fight. That was NOT my ...

Does God answer prayers?

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

Not a trick question. But the short answer is no. Not in the way we, here, on planet earth think. CWG has an explanation for this, one that makes sense, but which is, in another sense, quite convenient. Actually there is a lot about both spirituality ...

Horoscopes, lol, and an idea.

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

Maybe that should be horrorscopes, depending on the perspective. The Internet is full of psychics, and it has always been an interest of mine, seeing into the future. But I wouldn't take the word of someone who alleged psychic abilities, yet couldn't identify me by name to start ...

Reality check

Friday, October 5th, 2007

Yesterday, I mentioned in passing, that one of the places, jenna leaves messages for me is where she knows I'll see them. Well, one of the things I've read every day for, oh I suppose it is going on 42 years, less the three I spent in the Army, ...

Dreams.

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

"I thought that dreams belonged to other men Cause each time I got close, they fall apart again!" Two lines from a song called Almost Paradise. I've told you, here, and on my main site, that jenna often sings to me during the day, in fact, often she begins something as ...

A pause for a political message.

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

This news release from yesterday speaks for itself. Nonetheless I have a couple words following it. :^) The Honorable Charles B. Rangel, Chairman FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, October 03, 2007 Contact: J. Jioni Palmer or Matthew Beck (202) 225-8933 Rangel Responds to President’s Veto of SCHIP WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Ways and Means Committee ...

Who creates our life circumstances?

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

I mean whose fault is this all anyway? Book 1 has a few thoughts about this that I want to share with you tonight. :^) And I might have a comment or two of my own after this excerpt. This is actually a little premature and ...

The Symptoms of Inner Peace

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

From Steve Goodier's, Life Support Newsletter, another treasure worth sharing. :^) THE SYMPTOMS OF INNER PEACE (TM) by Saskia Davis, reprinted with permission of the author (A note from the author follows today's reading.) Be on the lookout for symptoms of inner peace. The hearts of a great many have already been expose to ...

What Will You Become?

Monday, October 1st, 2007

In accordance with Steve Goodier's injunction to use his Life Support articles freely, tonight, I am using one of his, that I got in today's mail. The reason is that I believe there is no such thing as coincidence in this world. And I have just finished a ...