this is taken from tribe, where i wrote it in response to someone asking if others would consider vegetarianism. i place it here because not only is it my perspective/response to the militant vegan, it is my perspective/response in general to those who are pushy, aggressive, or militant. the context is that of whether or not a person ‘is willing to admit’ to lacking unconditional love or compassion if they eat meat. this was not the bluntness with which they were delivered, but the meaning was the same, as later discussion revealed.
afterthought that should have been forethought
i’m about to be traveling. internationally. what a wonderful and exciting job i have, and i’m at turns thrilled and in wonderment of it. circumstances as they unfolded, this arrived amidst a host of synchronicities that i’ve been too busy savoring to document. and likely never will, what with the new focus on being.
on alienation
i’m enjoying this in the moment/being stuff. some rather interesting things come of it.
technology rocks!
sample.mp3 edit: turns out there is some funky issue with buffering in that plugin… so, while exciting at first, ultimately, it doesn’t work for me. going back to the links. the http streaming seems to manage this much better. i suggest winamp, they rock! some retro-fitting to the blog today… found a very nice plugin that permits buffering and streaming of audio and has quite a number of conveninent configuration options. installed it and retro-fitted all posts for 2007. if it is an audio recording, you will now see the player that is at the top of this post. just […]
of the master sergeant
of-the-master-sergeant-030307.mp3 as it happens, the weekends are the time when i am sufficiently liberated from ‘thinking’ to actually write of thoughts ‘in the moment’ as it is…
flowers on the grave
flowers-on-the-grave030307.mp3 as odd as it may sound, this is one of the ways i tend the garden. setting flowers on the grave…. so to speak. i chuckle. oh, entendre, how i love thee.