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I have never understood human need for wrathful gods - good gods yes but one that punishes makes little sense A mean and vengeful God has traditionally been a prime weapon of government for social control of its citizenry.  The church-state deal has historically been the church legitimizing the aut...

What delicious irony so gently presented amidst a wealth of imagery.  I can see N in her bed at night, terrified by what she has been taught.  By adults. People who are entrusted with her care.  People who should know better.  But I guess that was the intention then. Scare the shit out of her in ord...

Huh, I thought I posted this -- but here's {again} maybe: I understand the arguments for uniforms--to remove class distinctions evidenced by personal fashion choices, but I have a hard time ascribing that to Brits and Brits' cultural offspring.  More a sign of elitism perhaps.  IN any event, it may ...

Oh my, our N experiences a late night visitation from an apparition, and gets charged with a celestial mission--to proclaim the miracle of electric cars . What excitement might the next episode bring?  Oooooh.  Ahhhhh! I recall the NSP adds proclaiming that electricity is penny cheap.  Improve your ...

Ah -- the why-not ontological argument.  But to me, if Gaia constituted a conceptual acceptance, then she would, by definition, already be a complex entity.  If am catching your drift correctly.

And Life seems more and more to be
   a dance upon the wings
of chance vibrations of love and death
   and other nonsense things.

[my apologies]
 

Mark -- ties to school -- it was a decidedly different world then.

Cheers.

Greetings, Indar -- I can't imagine the fashion push-pull for women.  Hopefully few get as undie-knotted as this Narrator.

Cheers.

T

~  Well Scuff My Shoes!                                 For Ian Hard to believe he showed up  at the wrong time and with  a Half Windsor---may as well have been in a donkey cart, with a red fedora--worn by the donkey. Half Windsor, my ass! -- makes him  look lopsided--so hard to trust a guy who look...

Mark -- glad you are finding practical solutions for what has to be a frustrating situation.

Good poem.

T