A Trip to the Moon, one of, if not the first Science Fiction film was released on this day in 1902. Enjoy… Read more

I was wandering around the web when I saw this at the website for the Brooklyn Zen Center. Hard to gaze on this scene and not think Zen may well make it here… Read more

So, on Thursday while preparing for dinner guests, auntie said her leg hurts. And hurts bad like the other one did when she had the blood clot. So, dinner was off. We spent a fraction over eight hours at the emergency room. When Jan returned from work she came over to the hospital, so the three of us were there when the ER doc came in and said, effectively, good news, bad news. Couldn’t find any trace of a clot.... Read more

David “Honeyboy” Edwards, said to be the last of the bluesmen, certainly the last of that great generation of bluesmen, has died. Rest in Peace… Read more

Here’s something I wrote for my next book, Field Notes From a Zen Life, due sometime in 2012 by Wisdom Publications, from the front matter…   I am a Zen priest, but I am also a UU minister and have spent twenty years serving in UU congregations. Accordingly, I think it important to offer a brief comment here on my perspective regarding Unitarian Universalism.  This emergent Western tradition is probably best called liberal religion. Western liberal religion has two hallmarks.... Read more

Stolen from a friend who posted it at Facebook. Who says being huddled in the house waiting for a hurricane (excuse me just heard it has been downgraded to a tropical storm) to pass isn’t a great opportunity to learn new things from the web & then to share ’em with folk… Read more

John, an email friend, wrote me out of the blue, saying, “In case you ever need a song about the impressionists,” and then provided me a link to a little ditty by Pop Wagner with Kate Mackenzie, Dan Newton & Karl Smelker. How in the world did he know that’s exactly what I needed? Ah, mysterious karma… The Impressionists Two-Stephttp://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=34240439,t=1,mt=videoPop Wagner | Myspace Music Videos Read more

So, there I was, yesterday, standing in Ocean State Job Lot, throwing cans of sardines, tuna & salmon into my cart, food that will go into the back of the pantry against worst case scenarios. Feeling good about that, I headed toward where I hoped to find bottles of water. As I turned onto the aisle, my way was blocked by a man a bit younger than me talking to a woman a great deal older than either of us.... Read more

UU World, the Unitarian Universalist magazine cleaned up and published something I wrote a while ago. They made it pretty good, I thought… I’ve said here and there how I tend to feel my Web presence is a bit kinder and more thoughtful than the person I am in “real life.” Which has led me to consider a bit how we think of ourselves as selves, what is set and what is optional. For the rest of the story, here... Read more

When we weren’t looking the class war in America ended. Guess who won?                        The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c World of Class Warfare – Warren Buffett vs. Wealthy Conservatives www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog The Daily Show on Facebook Thanks, Dosho, for the pointer… Read more