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"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.  Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.  It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us most.  We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to b...
Posted by on Mon, 25 May 2009 08:13:00 GMT

Dying philosophers

from The Philosopher's Quarrel (Zaretsky / Scott):Socrates famously said on his own deathbed that to philosophize is to learn to die.  The central aspect of learning to die is recognizing our finitude...
Posted by on Wed, 06 May 2009 15:09:00 GMT

simple as that, huh?

from Second book of the Tao:Unchain yourself from achievementand enjoy an ordinary life.Flow like the Tao, unhindered,unnoticed, unnamed.With no goals, no expectations.Be like a child, like a fool.Kno...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:42:00 GMT

7 years hence

'They' (?) say no cell in our body lasts more than seven years.So the body we have now is a completely different body than the one we had seven years ago (scars and all, I guess).Seven years ago I fin...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:16:00 GMT

Him too?!

"That Slater Brown wanted to be a writer was obvious.  But it was more than that.  He wanted to be the very best writer in the entire world.  To one day have his work included in the company of the cl...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:22:00 GMT

Bill Maher on Religion, Real Time 9-21-2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jdtLTIzZWo not a big Maher fan...but he kills it here.
Posted by on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:53:00 GMT

Orlando Fringe Preview - Burning Man & The Reverend Nuge

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CmXR1J-4hM A preview vid for my one man show playing at Olrando International Fringe Theater Festival May 14-25.
Posted by on Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:14:00 GMT

Mastering The Art of Self-Defense(lessness)

   In my Traveling Philosopher capacity I've done business with a company that puts on trade shows for a segment of the entertainment and speaking industries.  The founder/owner of the company is an A...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:28:00 GMT

nothing to read here

no, really.:)
Posted by on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:02:00 GMT

Bruce Lee on 'disappearing'

"One does not accumulate but eliminate.  It is not daily increase but daily decrease.  The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity."
Posted by on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:47:00 GMT