"What's a soup kitchen?"-Paris Hilton "I get half a million just for showing up at parties. My life is like, really fun."-Paris Hilton "If it bleeds we kill it."-Arnold Schwarzenegger "People all over the world recognize me as a spiritual leader."- Steven Seagal Who compares to God? The rulers of this earth count for nothing.…Read more Christ Almighty
Anorexia
Hunger hurts but starving works when it costs too much to love.- Fiona Apple
Perennial Passion
Every year The memory comes Of bloodshed, death and rebirth The long drive from here to there Where eyes bore warnings for untold miles of required silence against protest, planked boards and fallen angels who tromped alongside him as he walked towards predestined ruin She spewed truth like afterbirth From his speared side Man alive!…Read more Perennial Passion
Immaterial World
"I'm a material girl living in a material world."- Madonna The first big fight humans had was over goods from the original Pottery Barn. Distant cousins of German neanderthals apparently killed each other for artisan earthenware. I saw the pictures. I don't think a bowl with wavy lines on it is worth bloodshed but maybe…Read more Immaterial World
Make it Rain
Yesterday we paid our taxes. It's not a very fun way to spend a Saturday afternoon but such is life as a grown up. As I entered figures into designated boxes I thought of all the people and needs they represented, which is one of the reasons I'm not an accountant. Then I ate three…Read more Make it Rain
I, Wonder
"There may be a brighter star. But through my eyes the light of you is all I see." -Stevie Wonder The world is one giant, extended family. Like every family we each have different roles, responsibilities, micro-cultures and for some unknown reason, order of rank. Love, truth, peace, freedom, justice are nice ideas but so…Read more I, Wonder
Nothing Personal
Distinguished 'experts' have written all kinds of books telling us how bad we are. They describe, in graphic detail, all the things we do wrong; how we're mean, selfish, sad, greedy, pathological, doomed failures. Some use humor in sarcastic attempts to help us laugh at our hurtful habits or choices we make that, in thier…Read more Nothing Personal
What the Fork?
Quora question: If anorexia is considered an illness, why isn't obesity? My answer: Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels except brownies, pizza, gravy, mashed potatoes, cake, ice cream and life. Anorexia Nervosa is classified as an eating disorder in the DSM; the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Anorexia is intentional self-starvation. In…Read more What the Fork?
