I am in here.
In which the remaining shreds of my lingering youthful hope for one world, united in brother/sisterhood and a universal desire for peace and justice, die a horrible, stinking death… Times Online – World: Sex scandal in Congo threatens to engulf UN’s peacekeepers HOME-MADE pornographic videos shot by a United Nations logistics expert in the Democratic … Continue reading Yet another UN scandal
I called my family this morning from the pay phone down the hall, amidst a couple of curious looks from the more strict Shabbat observers, but it seems to be fairly well-known that I am the token goy, so I am cut a bit of slack. It feels so little like Christmas, and that has … Continue reading Shabbat Vayechi, 13 Tevet, 5765 (Christmas Day)
Another week’s seminar in my maggid training course. Maggid: story-teller, wise person. And I’m mad they’re holding it on Christmas week. Yes, it’s a Jewish seminar, but still, it’s a lousy week for holding a seminar, and it will be the first time ever that I’ve been away from my family at this time. Yes, … Continue reading Next week
Wilderness Vision: Train-Time I can see them in my dreams, all the time, in my dreams, the train tracks — witless scarecrow roads that wait. Time, time is always late until it goes. I don’t wish on stars anymore, I wish on trains. Listen on any day for the sound of them — they are … Continue reading Wilderness Vision: Train-Time
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