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Bono and U2 are the gift that keeps on giving. Probably not in the way they planned it. Bono actually kind of sort of "apologized"...

I often read John Robb's blog. And he often "blows my mind." Seems he is always thinking, and thinking "out of the box....

Last week our little life was book-ended by a death and a birth. That's how it goes around here. Death and life. Sorrow and joy. All the...

A good friend of mine told me he was on "The Hero's Journey," that his life was one long rambling narrative, with him as the H...

Self.  What is it? Does it exist? Should we know it, and be true to it? Is it, as some tell us, just a fiction, a useful delusion? Or is it ...

Still haven't listened to U2's "Global Spam Record" yet. See my post "No Thanks U2!" Probably won't for aw...

A young couple in our building have a new baby. Late in the afternoon, the little infant always has a crying session. It's like clockwor...

Voices from a life. This clip features two of the most significant voices I've encountered in my life. Don't "know" either...

There was the Big Bang , then This Moment .   Oh yeah, and there were a few things that happened In Between.

Lucinda Williams has a new record coming out , a double-album.  She is a natural wonder, a woman with soul and grit and a fiery spirit. H...

Alive. All that we have can be snatched away in the blink of an eye. While we are here, I think we need to do our best to search out and see...

So yes, one of my close friends, a great creative collaborator, a contemporary, an amazing spirit and soul passed away two days ago. So d...

People die. It happens all the time. If someone really close to you dies, it's sort of like losing a part of yourself. If you live long ...

When the coffee is working, and the day is rolling out nicely, I'd say, "Tragically Optimistic!" If the coffee is not doing ...

Shovels and Rope , a husband and wife duo. I heard them on the radio, it sounded like a full band, then found out it was just the two of the...

Euphoria.  What is it good for? Who knows? It's an overflowing of good feeling, intense happiness, and self-confidence. From the Greek: ...

"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are..."  Yes, well, it's pithy, and such a great little quote... the...

I think it's true, we should celebrate our "limitations."  Our limitations help us define who we are . We should do our best t...

Maybe the greatest compliment I can give to Thomas Ligotti's challenging little philosophical missile (see previous post) , is that it ...

I tracked down Thomas Ligotti's "The Conspiracy Against the Human Race,"  mainly because I had read that Nic Pizzolatto had ...