a blossom in the desert

“Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don’t believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art’s sake.” E.M. Forster
Seemed like an appropriate quote before I head for Black Rock City, though I don’t [...]

while I’m away

 In my absence, please don’t disturb anything or get these posts out of order. Leave the blog exactly as you found it. And for god’s sake, get out from behind the computer and get some sun. Otherwise you might evolve into a pale turnip with a mouth so tiny you can only eat by [...]

the circus sands

Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.
B. Dylan

starlight now arriving from your birthday

http://outreach.jach.hawaii.edu/birthstars/index.html
Find a star who’s light was produced around the time you were born–light that is arriving today. It’s your daily birthday present from the Milky Way. Don’t be rude. Get out there and accept your present or this part of the galaxy is going to sulk, and you don’t want that, do you?

incomparable joy with the nash-master

Thanks to the miracle of broadband, you can now see the movie, “The Way of Nashwan” in gleaming technicolor on the world wide dweeb. The Master has his own Internet domain now, as is only right, since his domain is both fraud and righteousness. Let me know if you have troubles viewing this movie because [...]

what evil lurks in the hearts of christian pastors?

In this particular case, a big honkin’ chunk of it. A 5,000 member church in Texas was going to give a funeral service for a man until it discovered photos of the deceased embracing and kissing men. Presumably, photos of him poking men in the eye would have been acceptable, but affection? Jesus don’t like [...]