September 2010
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Sadhu Ninda (the offense of Saints)
I follow a guy named Vic DiCara on google reader. He’s the songwriting force of many of my favorite hardcore bands and also a devout follower of Krsna and member of ISKCON (International Society of Krsna Conciousness). In studying world religions, I’ve found so many beautiful parallels between my faith and the faith of those seeking enlightenment through Vedic study.
DiCara writes:
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Teetotaler
My wife and I sat down to enjoy the premier of the new HBO show “Boardwalk Empire” last night. I was excited because it seemed like a more believable gangster scenario (I like gangster movies regardless of their validity) and we’d heard a sterling review of it on NPR. I was also excited to see Buschemi in a starring role, I’ve always thought he could handle it. The best...
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Mexican Drug War: Gritty Reality
Please be warned. The images and video on Blog del Narco are VERY graphic and should only be viewed by those who feel they can handle such things. It’s important that these things are up both as a protest to the world’s innaction in these affairs and also as a blatant representation of the truth of the awful situation.
Boing Boing recently did a story on Blog del Narco, a blog that...
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Blake Schwarzenbach (Singer from Jawbreaker)...
Here’s an interesting essay by one of my favorite musicians about the anniversary of 9/11 and the controversy concering the poorly dubbed “Ground Zero Mosque”.
“…it just happens and demands some kind of reflection, and ultimately it leaves us searching and feeling adrift. Unfortunately, and I think this is because we are an impressionable and deliberate people, the...
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Dad was right-T.S. Eliot
I’m reposting this poem because it reminded me of something my father used to say. “Nothing good ever happens after midnight”.
RHAPSODY ON A WINDY NIGHT
by: T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)
WELVE o’clock. Along the reaches of the street Held in a lunar synthesis, Whispering lunar incantations Dissolve the floors of memory And all its clear relations, Its divisions and...
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Great Richmond Zombie Book Price Drop!
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Glenn Beck is like Pro Wrestling. One day it will come out that it was all an act and most of us will lie and say we knew the whole time while a few will say “it’s still real to me dammit!”
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