I am reading Bart D. Ehrman's Misquoting Jesus about how passages in the New Testament have been added, deleted, and altered over time. I am not very religious, yet I try not to attack religious people for their beliefs as long as their beliefs make sense. One of my new pet peeves since starting this book is the belief that the Bible contains the words of God, that somehow God guided the hands of the writers. Whose hand did he guide? The original authors? Even if ...
From Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood Knowing too much about other people puts you in thier power, they have a claim on you, you are forced to understand thier reasons for doing things and then you are weakened.
...on to the Strip, and the feeling of not feeling drifting between tables, jostling towards barstools and an empty wallet decibelled to drunkenness by skull-thrums, hammered awake, deaf and mindblown by the forge. until Dawn's ugly face pokes holes in your paper windows, a night creature, you scream at golden shafts running away to the darkness of sealed-tight curtains or to be a robot presence at the till. and then ...
Updated 03-01-2009 at 08:42 PM by Silas Thorne
Something a little different Fade Open one eye slowly a twitch lifting tentively the other begins to follow heartbeat drumbeat a count to ten moving backwards 10..9..8..7..6..5..4..3...2...1 catch a breath a pulse coming back into life move a finger command it will it the rest will follow arms legs concentrate do not flinch ...
Today was a good day. After studying at home some, and having breakfast, I went to the library and read some of John Stuart Mill's essays (okay, one. :D) and then also in the book I found this wonderful poem, Lay of the Humble (Not by Mill, by Milnes). Then after that I went to temple and we had one of the most ecstatic kirtans. It was great. Then walking home I met up with someone else walking home and he invited me to his house. I think I made a good friend. So here's ...
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