ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

I'm BA-A-A-Ck! (Imagine horrible red eyes winking at you above a large scaley snout. Or a divine goddess with neon-green teeth.) Anywa...

          Perhaps because I have keen, dog-like hearing, I talk softly. (Why is everyone else shouting??) I dislike confrontation. For much ...

Let's work to make it as good as it can possibly be, both for this planet and for all who live on it. Thank you for your company and for...

A s an example of distortion for the purpose of defending bigotry, Jeff Jacoby’s column in today’s Boston Globe is classic. His claim is t...

This Vanity Fair article looks back on the last eight years by using quotes from all sorts of powerful people. Ver-ry interesting though ...

- C offee made with water that is just steaming instead of boiling tastes better. At least when you let it steep for five minutes in a Pyre...

         Women, don’t drink too much tomorrow. Otherwise, you’ll have no defense if a man assaults you. And, hey, have a happy new year!    ...

         Her music sounds like sunlight on the waves, bright notes dancing on the smooth flow.           You can sample Laura Siersema's...

To my scheduled programming on this here blog is in order, sniff. I'm going to have only sporadic Internet access the rest of this week...

'Retreat' is not the word I need there but it will have to do as I'm having a dyslexic day. I have never liked those retrospect...

Stolen from Tintti. First the picture of the tail: Which is also a picture of the low sun of December. Then the proud owner of the tail, O...

S ome people who have read my posts here might come to the conclusion that I’m what’s called a “centrist” due to my insistence that we shoul...

W alking down the hall you don’t recognize the students automatically going to where they’re going. You think one might recognize you but y...

The plan was to start today with a review of the Bush regime and its crimes, with a call to fully air those, punish the criminals and to rec...

The descriptions of the Christmas Eve mass killing in California often include something of this sort : COVINA - A man who showed up in a Sa...

The little blue bomb wins us wars everywhere! "Whatever it takes to make friends and influence people – whether it's building a sc...

By popular demand, here is the Very Big Striped Cat , whose foster mother has named Fido, because he gets along so well with her three dogs....

          Manning up does not necessarily yield a feminist ally.            A couple of people defended The Art of Manliness blog, which Ant...

I've posted this one before, but it's suitable for Christmas. A first draft with all the awkwardness intact, but I doubt I ever wil...

I wish to gift you with beauty today. Vision of Hildegard van Bingen: Sanvean. Lisa Gerrard: Columba Aspexit. Hildegard van Bingen: