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“VIRTUALLY” VIRTUAL

At present, the word “virtually” is, to me, “virtually” the single most disturbing word in the English language – and also, for that matter, in any other language. Check that – actually, it is not “virtually” the single most disturbing word in the English language at present, it “really” is. This is the word plucked … Continue reading

TELL THE TRUTH AND FOOL THE WORLD

(To get these notions out of the way immediately, what follows may not apply to the answers to these two questions; “Does this dress make my ass look fat?” And; “Did you come?”) So – “Tell the Truth and Fool the World.” These seven words have for me always held in them something deep and … Continue reading

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

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

Putting Christ Back in Christmas the “Family Values” Way

Putting Christ Back in Christmas the “Family Values” Way Posted by barkinginthedark ⋅ December 23, 2011 ⋅ 18 Comments Filed Under  Angels We Have Heard on High, Christian Coalition, Christmas carol, Family Research Council, Hark the Herald Angel, values voters The Family Research Council, Focus on the Family, and The Christian Coalition have just issued a … Continue reading

Scalia : Exactly What He sounds Like

A disease.