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Happy Celtic New Year 5557

January 2, 2012 – 6:25 am

The New Year has been celebrated on countless dates throughout history. The Celtic Sahmain in November marked the end of the light half of the year. The Chinese New Year begins with the first lunar month coinciding Tet, the Vietnamese New Year and Losar for Tibet. Most of the other New Years are determined by [...]

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The Rules of Modern Manhood

August 8, 2011 – 11:52 pm

I was sitting with several Thai women this afternoon. They extolled my eating spicy food. I mentioned that most Thai men don’t eat food dosed with chili. The two nearby Thai men argued, “Kin pet dai.” “So you eat sum tam?” I asked about the fiery mango salad. “Can eat.” “Thai men can eat spicy [...]

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Amazing Fantasy #15

March 5, 2011 – 2:59 pm

Spiderman was first featured in Amazing Fantasy #15. August 1962. 12 cents. Today Amazing Fantasy #15 sells for over $50,000. Spiderman #1 costs $40,000 in mint condition. My father ripped up that too. Needless to say I rejected his values as a hippie. This conflict of philosophy made us even years later. My father had [...]

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She’s coming home – The Blues Magoos

July 30, 2010 – 9:15 pm
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A Downpour of Leaks

July 29, 2010 – 8:11 pm

The war in Afghanistan is going badly despite Obama’s escalation of troop levels. The enemy hits convoys with IEDs. Their troops battle our occupation forces. The KIAs and WIAs increase to record levels. Rampant corruption makes it difficult for any Afghans to side with the government and civilian casualties from ‘friendly’ fire’ turn neutrals into [...]

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