A few days ago, I posted the first part of a rough draft of a vignette called To Bury a Horse. If anybody’s interested in seeing how it ends, send me an e-mail. I’ll send it to you. (I’m probably just going to send it to people I know.) I think it has emotional truth about the relationship between people and animals, and what Kerouac called, “the forlorn rags of growing old.”

It turns out the rumor of the Chief Justice’s retirement can be traced to Robert Novak, who — according to Jon Stewart — is a “douchebag.” I wouldn’t trust the man to direct me to the men’s room, so the rumor is almost certainly wrong. And so says Jeff Jarvis on Buzzmachine.

Wait. I knew it was Novak when I posted it originally. Why did I do that? Must’ve been half asleep. Never mind.

Love dogs and cats? Consider yourself a “spiritual” or “mystical” person? You’ll want to read this article.

“…the animals have been there before us and have innate knowing of God, or the One Reality, which is the life and unfolding of the universe. I do not mean to suggest that animals follow the human version of the mystic path, but rather that they are so naturally a part of the One Reality that they restore us to something like our original condition, one in which we discover the steps and stages of the path that leads us back to who and what we really are.”

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Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of the destruction of the Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior. So it seems fitting to remember who blew it up. And while we who are against the war in Iraq tend to agree with French policy in that matter, one must always say merd to hypocrisy.

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Silly title, huh? Well, the recent loss of aesthetic continuity, caused by a corruption in my blogger template, has been rectified. It being saturday, I finally got around to reinstalling Haloscan comments and Sitemeter. So you can comment and trackback to your gizzard’s content. And I’ll know how many people are viewing the blog and for how long.

Other recent improvements include Flickr photos and new items added to the Blogroll. See the right column for that stuff.

And see the little envelope icon at the end of each post? Click that to e-mail the post to your Mom, your co-workers, or the Dept of Homeland Security.

I’ve gotta find something for lunch. I don’t believe there’s a damnable thing in the house but dog food and Ritz crackers. Hmmm.

Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog.

Spotted this thoughtful issue on Real Live Preacher. A giant American flag across the front of a church in Texas caught his attention.

Yeah, the flag is out of place there, drapped across the front of a church. I have one hanging from the balcony of my home, which I placed there for the 4th, and no cross over the door. But then, my condo hasn’t been sanctified as a place of worship.

I am a Christian first, an American second. A servant of God. Render undo Caesar what is Caesar’s, render unto God what is God’s. Right? Right.

A site you have to check out.

The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of
opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.

– Baruch Spinoza, philosopher (1632-1677)