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ON THE CUSP OF A NEW YEAR: A MEDITATION ON GERSHWIN, DUDAMEL, THE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA AND HUMAN POSSIBILITY

They made me cry tonight. This evening I watched a concert. The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra led by the brilliant young conductor Gustavo Dudamel, with guest pianist the great Herbie Hancock. The orchestra performed an all George Gershwin program of his An American in Paris, and Rhapsody in Blue. It took place at The Disney … Continue reading

IMMAGRINTS ARE WHY; MORE LETTERS FROM THE TEA PARTY

I personaly think that all these people from countries like Tiawuanna and Accapulco should just go home and leave us all alone here. They are why everythings stinks here and now. These lefty progresive and libarel people always say that the mess we are in now its Prezidant George W. Bushes fawlt and not Prezidant … Continue reading

Screw Planned Parenthood! Screw Breast Exams! Republican Raid on Seven Sisters Schools Jails Ten Thousand Women…More to Come.

Originally posted on Barking In The Dark:
Led by Republican Senator The Right Reverend Billy Willy Joe Bob Goober of Mississippi, a crack team of ex-Blackwater assault troops called Kochs Kommandos pulled off a coordinated surprise pre-dawn raid on the five of the seven sisters, a group of liberal arts women’s colleges in the Northeast,…

Screw Planned Parenthood! Screw Breast Exams! Republican Raid on Seven Sisters Schools Jails Ten Thousand Women…More to Come.

Led by Republican Senator The Right Reverend Billy Willy Joe Bob Goober of Mississippi, a crack team of ex-Blackwater assault troops called Kochs Kommandos pulled off a coordinated surprise pre-dawn raid on the five of the seven sisters, a group of liberal arts women’s colleges in the Northeast, the two exceptions to the raid being … Continue reading

MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH: AN ESSAY ON THE MEANING AND NATURE OF EXISTENCE

This is by no means a scientific piece, rather, it is a piece dealing with the feeling I have long had regarding the nature of death. To put it simply; I believe that life is permanent and death is temporary. To my mind, life is the ever existing background against which birth, conscious existence, death, … Continue reading

I AM REALLY OUTRAGED! (MORE EMAIL FROM THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT)

I have two teenage sons who are just…how should I put it…just starting to “feel” things. You know – down “there?” I don’t know how else to put it, but I think you all know what I mean. They are both real good boys, polite and very well groomed, which they should be, because they … Continue reading