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devon

Namaste ~~ Ni-kso-ko-wa

About Me

If you want to be my myspace buddy, please send me an email first. Those who don't, will be denied my myspace love and deleted.I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own. ~ Number 6 from The Prisoner~~~~~~~~~If access to health care is considered a human right, who is considered human enough to have that right? ~ Paul Farmer~~~~~~~~~Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss~~~~~~~~~~The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government. ~Thomas Jefferson~~~~~~~~~~Bird fly high by the light of the moon, Keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within. ~Bob Dylan: Jokerman~~~~~~~~~~Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic. ~Frank Herbert: Dune~~~~~~~~~~You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings. ~Pearl S. Buck~~~~~~~~~~Do, or do not...There is no Try. ~Yoda~~~~~~~~~~It reminds me of something Yoko Ono said to Malcom X in a Bistro in Rome...~Buddy Cole
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My Interests

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I'd like to meet:

My pirate name is: Iron Bess Bonney A pirate's life isn't easy; it takes a tough person. That's okay with you, though, since you a tough person. You can be a little bit unpredictable, but a pirate's life is far from full of certainties, so that fits in pretty well. Arr! Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
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You are a Self-Discoverer
You're not religious, but you've created your own kind of spirituality.
Introspective and thoughtful, you tend to look inward for the divine.
You are distrusting of all forms of organized religion.
You especially dislike religious gurus and leaders, who you feel are charlatans. What's Your Religious Philosophy?

Music:

All kinds of music. Even if it's crap, it deserves to be heard. Music is one of the few honest expressions of the soul. ...well...everything except if it's from Barney.

Movies:

Stargate; Star Wars; Philadelphia; Gettysburg; Willow; LOTR; Amadeus; A Tale of Two Sisters; X-Men; Vanilla Sky; Minority Report; In & Out; The Laramie Project; Lakota Woman; Asoka; Xena; Smoke Signals...the list goes on and on...and on...and on...and...get the idea?

Television:

Anything above as a movie, also as a series. Especially Xena..mmm...women in leather with swords...mmmm :)

Books:

Joseph Campbell; Stephen King; Anne Rice; Long Standing Bear Chief; Edain McCoy; Valerie Worth; Mary Crow Dog; Tennessee Williams; Charles Darwin; Scott Cunningham, J.K Rowling Anything by the above authors ... and more

Heroes:

Elton John, Katherine Hepburn, Phoolan Devi, Running Eagle, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, My mother, The Mahatma Mohandas Ghandi, Myself, My cats

My Blog

How China is "cleaning up" for the Olympics

Olympics clean-up Chinese style: Inside Beijings shocking death camp for catsBy SIMON PERRYThousands of pet cats in Beijing are being abandoned by their owners and sent to die in secretive government ...
Posted by devon on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:55:00 PST

Undercover in Tibet

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Posted by devon on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:10:00 PST

You shouldn’t have to pay for a stamp to mail taxes

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Posted by devon on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:04:00 PST

HH the Dalai Lama in Seattle...at Quest Field

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Posted by devon on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:11:00 PST

Music from Concert for Compassion

Here's some music from the Friday night event.  Everything was amazing. ...
Posted by devon on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:47:00 PST

HH the Dalai Lama in Seattle...an amazing experience

This last weekend, HH the 14th Dalai Lama was in Seattle for a 5-day long event called Seeds of Compassion.  I was priveleged enough to be present for three evens, Friday nights conversation with...
Posted by devon on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:26:00 PST

Nonviolence Includes Animals

Injustice anywhere is a threat to Justice everywhere. ~MLKPart 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 ...
Posted by devon on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:42:00 PST

Are You Ready for Marriage?

Are You Ready for Marriage?Part 1: Part 2: ...
Posted by devon on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:46:00 PST

And still...the fighting continued

If I could be anyones Hag...it would be the gorgeous Scott Thompson...And still the fighting continues...first monologue ...
Posted by devon on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:27:00 PST

More Bushisms

I came across this one just after posting my last blog and it was too good not to include. ...
Posted by devon on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:30:00 PST