So, my first adventure was getting the word from the BWI lady that it was good that I had a Visa already – her computer flagged my destination, where I sit typing these words, as requiring this. Apparently I would have not been allowed to travel forward, in her mind; though that’s hard [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Adapt. Improvise. Overcome.
Posted in Uncategorized on October 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Departure
Posted in Poetry on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Open door for me
Alchemy of the Silk Road
Himalayan dreams
Pieces..
Posted in More About Me on October 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My grandfather was a collector of militaria and a gunsmith, among his other trades; and my father an avid sportsman. Myself, I haven’t shot an animal for food for over 20 years; but I’ve done it. That having been said, I should say that I parted with my Glock and [...]
great piece..
Posted in Commentary, Other people's thoughts on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On one aspect of the economic crisis.
Kicking and screaming..
Posted in Diary on October 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
..I am being dragged into the world of digital photography. I’m very old school, having done fine-art black and white in the past (developing my own film and paper) and even did medium format and also a little large format (4″ x 5″) with a borrowed Speed Graphics press camera. [...]
Massaging the database..
Posted in More About Me on October 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of my skills is the ability to give pretty good backrubs; which I can say without exaggeration at all are highly regarded by my coworkers (though, in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king….anyone handing out backrubs would get compliments where I work..)
Anyway it is something I have [...]
μιριαμ
Posted in Poetry on October 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Alone in the bitter sea,
of thought and care; borne
yet with His wind; free
to move. Take this thorn,
Sir, if it please you.
Εκλεσσια, and playing hooky..
Posted in More About Me on October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On free Sundays I alternate between Faith Baptist in Glen Burnie and a local Assembly of God; this pattern needs to change so I can go forth to find a suitable home. Today I’m playing hooky while other matters are attended to.
Question for Obama:
Posted in Uncategorized on October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“What do you think about the current legal regimen of admission quotas by race and gender for access to higher education?”
Honest Communists…
Posted in Commentary on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
….are better, I suppose, than the kind of reds that skulked about under one’s bed and in the closets, back in the days of the “Red Scare.” The Maoists have come down from the hills, figuratively and literally, and into office in Nepal (most of the Cabinet line-up and current President [...]
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