the atheist within (the clay, part XVIII) |
Setting: two friends sip tea in a galleryWhat a beautiful piece of clay.You mean that statue?Is that what you call it?Of course.... Cant you see?I see two things. I see clay and I also see an idea....
Posted by on Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:30:00 GMT |
Les Miserables |
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo is a classic novel set in France. It recounts the story of Jean Valjean, a convict imprisoned in the galleys 19 years for stealing a loaf of bread. Once out of prison h...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:16:00 GMT |
The Wrestler |
I saw "The Wrestler" last night. Good movie. Mickey Rourke was very good as was Melissa Torme. The story was good too touching on eternal themes such as the frailty of human life. The key scene fo...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:32:00 GMT |
Pete Sampras, A Champions Mind |
Pete Sampras, A Champion's Mind with Peter Bodo is a short biography of Pete's life focusing mainly on his professional tennis career spanning from 1988 through 2002. I was never a big Sampras fan d...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Dec 2008 15:38:00 GMT |
Three Cups of Tea |
Three Cups of Tea is the account of a mountain climber, Greg Mortenson, who turned humanitarian by a simple twist of fate. Mortenson in an aborted attempt to climb K2 the second highest peak in the w...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:43:00 GMT |
A Haven in Haiti Project Espwa |
If you have stumbled upon this blog you are most likely aware of the problems in Haiti. It is a broken country the poorest in the Western Hemisphere. Desperate poverty is rampant, children are starv...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:46:00 GMT |
ethanol, starvation and global warming |
Not far from Portland, Oregon an ethanol plant is being built which will convert corn into gasoline. There is a rail yard being constructed to accomodate all the container cars that will soon be car...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:26:00 GMT |
beautiful boy |
beautiful boy by David Sheffbeautiful boy by David Sheff is a powerful, touching and profoundly personal story in which the author chronicles his son's descent into drug and alcohol addiction and th...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:44:00 GMT |
the stones (the atheist within, part VII) |
The stones? What about the stones?There is no name on them. What does it matter?It matters because there is a person buried there and I doubt his real name was John Doe. No, that is a cor...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:01:00 GMT |
Im just a janitor |
Is our self worth in this life based on what our occupation or profession is? Maple is someone I know pretty well. She is a stay at home mom. She is middle aged, extremely talented but a little l...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:16:00 GMT |
