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Shame on MLK’s son and estate

for trivializing and insulting Martin Luther King by selling away his idealistic words and message to Dodge Ram to crassly sell motor vehicles. The idea of “service” King had in mind had nothing to do with how trucks ‘serve’ their owners. … Continue reading

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A Mother’s Speech from William Saroyan’s “The Human Comedy”

(Ulysses waving at people on a train passing his hometown Ithaca) “Death,” she said, “is not an easy thing for anyone to understand, least of all a child, but every life shall end.” She looked at Ulysses. “That day came … Continue reading

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Magic Moments

And then there are the best moments, the magical ones, when dream and reality fuse and one cannot tell the one from the other, when dreams do, indeed, come true for a period of time. All suddenly becomes wildly and … Continue reading

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Fear

is easily the most limited and limiting factor in people’s lives. No fear is worse than irrational, ego-based, self-imposed fear. “A man can do all things if he will.”–Leon Battisa Alberti

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Living free

beyond the uselessness of rush-hour traffic, meetings, the lies of others, the pretence that one’s job is essential and defines one’s life and the many sacrifices made for a buck. To be owned by the machines, the failing system. The … Continue reading

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World of Wonders

“I stand here dazzled with my heart in flames at this world of wonders, world of wonders, world of wonders, world of wonders…“ (Bruce Cockburn–Canada’s top folk-singer, folk-songwriter, and folk-guitarist of all time)

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In the Knowing: The Importance of Information

“Infinite possibility is good, not bad.” –James Gleick, The Information What do you know? What do you want to know or need to know in a given moment or situation? ‘The Information’. You could be an executor dealing with a … Continue reading

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Re. Twitter

“[They] almost hear a meaning in their noise.”–Thom Gunn, “On the Move” What an ironic use of the word from its primal meaning in beautiful, natural birdsong…. “And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.”–John Keats, “To Autumn”

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$18

–the average cost to purchase 1,000 fake Twitter followers.

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