Live outside the box
Monday, August 23rd, 2004 Posted in My Life | No Comments »OK, I'm a geek. I work in front of computers all day long, I play mostly in front of a computer all evening. But it's occurred to me that I live too much of my life (almost all of ...
A Christian Fatwa? “He Should Be Killed”—Robertson
Friday, August 20th, 2004 Posted in Peace and Justice, Spirituality | No Comments »Q: What religion has leaders who use all available media to call for a religious government, and urge those they find most unworthy to be killed?A: The Christian Religious Right. On the 700 Club on Thursday, August 19, Ayatollah Pat ...
We know what we want for ourselves . . .
Friday, August 20th, 2004 Posted in Peace and Justice, Spirituality | No Comments »I received this email from someone called "The Writer." (I guess he or she meant to leave a comment but emailed me by mistake.) Anyway, The Writer had a brilliant insight, that basic spiritual truths are self-evident on the ...
Underneath the painting—the First Noble Truth
Tuesday, August 10th, 2004 Posted in My Life, Spirituality | No Comments »Last night, I had a deep realization of the First Noble Truth. Now, to anyone who's not immediately put off by the negativity of the statement that "life is dukkha (loosely translated as 'suckiness')," the fact probably seems self-evident. There's ...
Spider-Man 2
Monday, August 9th, 2004 Posted in Movies / TV / Stage, Spirituality | No Comments »My review of Spider-Man 2 is now up. I see my reviews splitting into two categories—short capsule reviews handled as blog posts, and longer reflections in which I write at some length about a movie, including what I see ...