Sunday, October 30, 2005

Bye Bye, Mother Rosa


Friday, October 28, 2005

A Word for Scooter

DailyTao
Friday, 28 October, 2005 :: 72

When they lose their sense of awe,
people turn to religion.
When they no longer trust themselves,
they begin to depend upon authority.

Therefore the Master steps back
so that people won't be confused.
He teaches without a teaching,
so that people will have nothing to learn.

Translation by Stephen Mitchel.

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Daily Tao

Wednesday, 26 October, 2005 :: 70
Translation by Stephen Mitchel.

My teachings are easy to understand
and easy to put into practice.
Yet your intellect will never grasp them,
and if you try to practice them, you'll fail.

My teachings are older than the world.
How can you grasp their meaning?

If you want to know me,
look inside your heart.

Thursday, October 20, 2005

Gonna See a Lady 'Bout a Dog

This is Copper. She's at the Pet Haven animal shelter here, though I saw her somewhere on the net. She's described as a shy girl, born in January '05.

I'm on my way to the shelter to check her out.

She's a pit bull terrier. I've heard all the stupidity about them. I know people fight them and abuse them otherwise. But I've never met a pit bull who didn't give me all the affection I could deal with from a dog!

They say she's shy, probably from being mistreated. I'm hoping to make her feel better. I guess I'm a little nervous, since my apartment complex says I can only get a "small" dog. My old dog comes to mind, a West Highland White Terrier named Princess. But Helga, the first lady I spoke to about Copper, says she is a small dog, mainly because she was malnourished. Besides, I've never seen any small dogs around here! So I'm gonna take a chance and see if I can adopt her.

I have to get there by 11am!

Update: I'm disappointed. She's a beautiful dog, but she's beyond shy. She cowered at the sight of me. Amber, who volunteers at the shelter along with her sister Sarah and their mother Sandy, worked with her and I for nearly two hours, to no avail. My darling Copper has been abused not only by whoever owned her before, but by some pervert who used to volunteer there and was caught abusing the dogs. I used to wonder about people like that, now I just want them gone.

So, in all likelihood, Copper will never have another male owner. She is so traumatized that she spent most of her time watching where I was and turning her face away from me. Each time Amber gave me the leash, Copper would run as far away as she could. So I don't think we'll get to be a family... they said they'll work on her social skills, but I'm not optimistic.

PS: I'll give you the full skinny on the angiogram adventures, but not right now, okay? The main reason is that it isn't over yet: my cardiologist now wants me to have a cardiac angiogram. So one night soon, I'll spill my guts. Thanks for your patience.

Thursday, October 13, 2005

More repairs?

This is taking longer than I thought it would.

In a while, I'll tell you the whole story. For now, here's something that helps me:

DailyTao.org
Thursday, 13 October, 2005 :: 57

If you want to be a great leader,
you must learn to follow the Tao.

Stop trying to control.

Let go of fixed plans and concepts,
and the world will govern itself.

The more prohibitions you have,
the less virtuous people will be.

The more weapons you have,
the less secure people will be.

The more subsidies you have,
the less self-reliant people will be.

Therefore the Master says:
I let go of the law,
and people become honest.

I let go of economics,
and people become prosperous.

I let go of religion,
and people become serene.

I let go of all desire for the common good,
and the good becomes common as grass.

Translation by Stephen Mitchel.

Thursday, October 06, 2005

Muslims welcome Ramadan

Pictures of muslims preparing for Ramadan around the world. Photos courtesy Al Jazeerah.net

Repairs...


I have some bleeding in my windpipe or coming from my lungs, so later today I'll be having an angiogram. Explaining to me, my pulmonologist says they'll explore the blood vessels in my lungs to find the bleeder, then cauterize it (I think). He estimates that I'll be hospitalized for a couple or 3 days.

So, if all goes well, I'll be back sometime next week. If not, well...


Feel free to treat this as an
open thread

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

We pay money for this?


US official admits spying for Israel...

I don't even want to know the details of this theft. I just want it to stop. I guess I'm being anti-Semitic for voicing such an opinion. After all, everybody knows that America exists to make Israel wealthy in every way possible, right?

Tuesday, October 04, 2005

ssssshhhhhh....

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Monday, October 03, 2005

Missing Monday

This is Stephanie Mills. She's from Pittsburgh, PA. She's listed as an "Endangered Runaway", missing since 2002.

Stefanie may travel to the Colorado Springs, Colorado area. She has pierced ears and a scar on her right forearm. Her nickname is Stef.

Stef was 16 when she allegedly ran away. She disappeared on March 7th, 2002. She's been 19 since February 24th of this year. She was 5'6" tall and weighed 110 pounds when she disappeared.

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION ABOUT STEPHANIE SHOULD CONTACT
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST)
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) Police Department 1-412-665-4000

This is Latoya Byrd. She's from Philadelphia, PA. She's listed as an "Endangered Runaway", missing since March 27th, 2005.

Latoya may still be in the local area or she may be in the Germantown, Pennsylvania area. She may go by the alias first name Saba or Saleema.

Latoya is 15 years old. She disappeared on March 27th, 2002. She's 5'5" tall and weighs 195 pounds.



ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION ABOUT LATOYA SHOULD CONTACT

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST)
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Police Department 1-215-685-3261

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