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October 2016

October 20, 2016

On Declining to Pee In A Cup

My younger friends may be surprised to learn this, but it was not that long...

October 17, 2016

One Cup of Coffee

But now I could lose it right here in the cafeteria over this empty coffeepot....

October 09, 2016

The Burners and The Pagans

Do we perhaps see some parallel evolution here with Pagan festivals? Could a Pagan event...

September 2016

September 30, 2016

More Alive Than Words

But I looked out the window. Across the parking lot, across the road, a small...

September 26, 2016

In Praise of Miss Sue

At one point she told me that she couldn't imagine ever having a job where...

September 08, 2016

Star Trek: Pagans in Space

Trek gave viewers the elfin-eared Vulcan Mr. Spock, who projected a logical detachment from destructive...

August 2016

August 26, 2016

Flirting Without Being A Creep

But that makes it extra disappointing when men new to this culture, inebriated by this...

August 13, 2016

Paradoxes in the Path

So there are some logical reasons why you might get contradictory instructions. But there are...

August 02, 2016

Ellicott City: Climate Change, Land Development, and Angry Land Wights

But on Saturday, with no warning or prelude the Tiber rose 12 or 15 feet,...

July 2016

July 14, 2016

Discordianism Through Its Literature

Magicians, and progeny the scientists, have always taken themselves and their subject in an orderly...

July 06, 2016

Attachment and Razors

So this razor has been up against my face (and occasionally other body parts) for...

May 2016

May 17, 2016

When the Land Changes

Every bit of land has its own spirit, its genius loci, its kami, call it...

April 2016

April 20, 2016

A “420” Miracle

Not to sound like a stoned dorm room conversation, but the whole experience is a...

April 09, 2016

What Is A Black Belt? Initiation in the Martial Arts

Those who don't train or are new to the martial arts often think of a...

March 2016

March 15, 2016

Concussions, Geometry, And Incompatible World-Views

What's remarkable is that the collision happened because, in effect, we were operating under different...

February 2016

February 20, 2016

Am I Going Nuts?

But I can never be sure. This routine bit of business becomes a topic of...

January 2016

January 18, 2016

One Thousand Punches, One Hell of a Bird

Over the past few years my sensei has instituted a tradition of starting our kagami...

January 13, 2016

David Bowie: One Wave Sets Thousands In Motion

I never knew David Bowie, was not even a devoted fan, and didn't really have...

January 10, 2016

Defending the Non-Self

So which self are you going to defend? This is our koan as martial artists,...

December 2015

December 13, 2015

Death and the Holidays

We sat down to a very subdued Christmas dinner, during which the call came. Leonard...

November 2015

November 22, 2015

Remembering “Sheriff Scott”

He had worked as a forensic anthropologist, a firefighter, an EMT, a bodyguard, a store...

November 04, 2015

Ten Years Ago Today I Decided To Write A Book

That moment was in November 2005, over a few days during my second trip to...

November 01, 2015

Wearing My Grandfather’s Coat on Samhain

Maybe I left that coat in the closet because I had to grow into it.

October 2015

October 30, 2015

Spirituality, Creativity, and Vitality

And so our friend is living what Thoreau called a life of quiet desperation. Do...

October 05, 2015

Cultural Appropriation: A Detailed Reply to a Critic

Thank you for starting off honestly with a declaration that you do not believe in...

October 05, 2015

The Cultural Appropriation Controversy: A Summary Reply

There are legitimate arguments that John could raise against what I've written, and we could...

October 01, 2015

The “Cultural Appropriation” Brouhaha

The term carries inaccurate (or at least very questionable) assumptions about the specific cases involved,...

September 2015

September 23, 2015

Huston Smith is in hospice care

As reported at Lion's Roar, Huston Smith, one of the most distinguished modern American scholars...

September 14, 2015

When I Die

Now perhaps it's jumping the gun to assume anyone will give a damn, that they...

September 13, 2015

poems: “the bonsai tree is lopsided” and “Goats!”

my heart, too, is irregular and worn broken and mended many times