The Eden Express: A Memoir of Insanity

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“In the Name of the Rose”

https://youtu.be/mQ8TXGzgXIo?feature=shared "Othering": You are the rose. You are less. Your thorns hurt ME. "Belonging": I am the Rose. My thorns protect me. Handle with care. Stop and smell me. It's in the air. Breathe. By any other name... "Any" other? Why not? Me. Hold me. Brother. By any... other name. Rose.

The Weary Blues

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“Pale Blue Dot” (“Fermi”? “Fermi”? Anyone?)

"Pale Blue Dot." According to the "Fermi Paradox," the question posed by Nobel laureate physicist Enrico Fermi, "Where is everybody?" Specifically, what are the chances that we are alone in the universe? According to the laws of probability, if we exist, why not others? (Specifically, Fermi was referring to "intelligent" beings... You know, like us... … Continue reading “Pale Blue Dot” (“Fermi”? “Fermi”? Anyone?) →

Phineas

Phineas Gage In his "Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain" Antonio R. Damasio writes about Phineas Gage. He was penetrated through the skull by a steel beam during an accident in the railroad industry where he worked as a foreman in the 1800's. He survived the incident, but "lost his mind," becoming "indolent," … Continue reading Phineas →

Tree and Leaf

In Tolkien’s BreachThrough the shadow, they came but once,Through the shadow, they fought their hunchThat lost in the seam of a forgotten dreamLies a hope that does not gleam of gold, silver, bronze, or of my reproach,But, just, alas, the heavenly broach, a breach…Upon the beach where once doth lain a holy tomorrow, where hope … Continue reading Tree and Leaf →

Tom Brokaw

What do Tom Brokaw, Anne Frank, and Bill Russell have in common?

NOT TO BE…

Or ANY... Thing of it is, my maternal grandmother's name is Livia. It is an ODD name, REALLY... Olivia, but without the O. In my attempts to discern my Own HIStory, I investigated, a little bit, the NATURE of OUR history; that is, to say... My FAMILY history. I discovered TWO definitions for Livia. One … Continue reading NOT TO BE… →

The North Wind and the Sun

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The G. O. A. T.

This is why. Bill Russell did it against Wilt Chamberlain. And he did it without Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Toni Kukoc, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Kevin Durant, or Klay Thompson backing him up. And he did it 11 times.