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What we learned from the brief psychedelic 1960's, evidently was the enormous complexity of the human mind. The structure of a living brain cum nervous system is similar in animals of many kinds. The networking we understand; even the connections between nerve endings, the synapses. We have... Sign in to see full entry.

Shobana challenged me to write in French. Here is my poem from Key West in June, 2009! Had a lot of lines on the bus; can't remember what they were. Tell how the world ties arounf us: blue sky, blue sea where we are. J'ai avoir plus des mots bels dans l'autobus, mais je ne peus pas recorder. Ne me... Sign in to see full entry.

Mike King Pay attention boys & girls, new Al Qaeda has sent a new message: deranged woman attacks Pope. Translation: subversives, attack now. Be alert! December 24, 2009 at 6:06pm via Mobile Web Friends Only · Comment · Like Unlike Sign in to see full entry.

The heat index in three digits all week, mid -August, summer nearly over, the weekend passing from Sunday to Monday morning, and I lay gasping for air. The year was 1957. Our house was on a plane that channeled breezes, when there were any. Open fields to the north and to the south. My father used... Sign in to see full entry.

On Monday I received word that I would be working full time in a local high school -- my first non-inner city gig in nearly thirty years -- so I determined to toughen up. I set out walking my five-mile trek at noon. At the midpoint, the I-80 QT Truck Stop, I was light headed. I stood in the shade of... Sign in to see full entry.

Rarely do I write about my personal daily life, but today I make an exception. Today is movie day. I have less than two weeks until day #1 of fall semester. In that short time I have a couple short-range goals. To toughen up by walking and working out every day. To spruce up on my French grammar. To... Sign in to see full entry.

Answer: BOTH OBAMA AND HILLARY! It's happening again. Washington is all a-buzz over the likelihood of a Vice President -- Secretary of State switch. It looks like Hillary will be running for Vice President, and Joe Biden will become Secretary of State. If it sounds familiar, that's because we... Sign in to see full entry.

Trying here to examine why it is so hard for us to accept new people, places and things. Did you know that Alexander Graham Bell was arrested and charged with fraud when he applied for a bank loan in order to develop his telephone prototype? (See Digital Communications, 1968) Anything new to me,... Sign in to see full entry.

Bloggers commented to me that they are not racist, and that that is the truth. Then their very next "truth" was that the solution to drugs and prostitution in this country was to allow racial profiling by the police. It's common sense they said, if people want to live in America let them declare... Sign in to see full entry.

In the debate over a Mosque being built near the site of the World Trade Center in New York, it has been asserted here, and elsewhere in the mainstream press, that this construction should be stopped, never should have been approved, and is a sign of disrespect to the memory of the victims and... Sign in to see full entry.