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Meat or Wood: rondel supreme

Posted on May 9, 2017 by John

They say to run your blade against the grain if you would safely slice in meat or wood, yet seek the easy way out when we should accept that gain and glory require pain. What makes us human, with our … Continue reading →

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The Dominant Species

Posted on December 5, 2016 by John

It isn’t like I hate the human race (as if it were a contest to be won) or seek out disagreement in each face that dares to criticize or jest in fun at my idealistic, mad ideas: responsibility in the … Continue reading →

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Human Nature

Posted on July 23, 2005 by John

Why must “human nature” be considered some mad blasphemy, an otherwise repulsive state save for its chance to teach us fate and providence are not without a sense of humor, lest we doubt; and if not heresy gone wild, the … Continue reading →

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Back to the basics

Posted on June 3, 2005 by John

Back to the basics: down that trail bringing us from the ocean’s foam where we shared space with fish and snail; back past Europe, far beyond Rome, before we started keeping track or had the means to tally score. If … Continue reading →

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Thought for the Day

Posted on December 27, 2004 by John

The world goes on because civilized men exist. Without them it would collapse into mere dust. Though their minds are as sharp as a rasp, Men without human decency are as wooden as a tree. -Tirukkural 100:997-8 Excerpted from the … Continue reading →

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Thought for the Day

Posted on August 7, 2004 by John

Paraphrased (and adapted somewhat) from a wonderful book, The Telling, by Ursula K. Le Guin: There were no “original” human words for God, gods, or the divine. The bureaucrats who formalized spirituality into “religions” made up words for “God” and … Continue reading →

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Don’t Believe the Hype

Posted on August 4, 2004 by John

The world is suffering and pain or so the Buddhists say but with control of mind and flesh for some, it goes away Not for the tree, or rock or mouse does this travail desist; nay, ’tis for man, and … Continue reading →

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