Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Memorial day 2008

We camped at Caledonia State Park . The weather was great, kids went swimming, hiked, cooked over fire, roasted marshmallows, the normal camping regimen.
We all needed a weekend away. Went with Tonya's ex Doug & their daughter Natascha, 14 and smart as a whip.
You'd enjoy Doug's writings, leftists, like us, but more noire writers (donald goins, Iceberg Slim) style.

speaking of epiphanies, like that "stop bitching, start a revolution", have you read John Perkin's "Confessions of an Economic Hitman" or "The Secret History of the American Empire"

Both books are enough to outrage anyone. It clearly illustrates why we're in Iraq for the oil, and how it's not the first time it's happened. Just done out in the open, unapologetically.

On social issues; I took a spiritual test called "belief-o-matic" , which led me to join the Unitarian Universalist church here in Lancaster. Was getting fed up with the anti-gay/iranian/immigrant rhetoric coming from the right-wingnuts. Last week they showed "For the Bible tells me so"
after the 11 o'clock service.

Here's some examples of my usual work