In Christian Tradition Black Saturday doesn’t get the attention it deserves. We know Palm Sunday, Jesus appearance in Jerusalem as a Humble King. The Last Supper and the Agony in the garden of Gethsemane on Holy Thursday. The sacrifice of the lamb on Good Friday. And, of course, the Resurrection of Easter Sunday. What in … Continue reading Black Saturday at the Gates of Hell
Good Friday- 2020
You might not realize it but today is Good Friday. It kind of snuck up on you didn’t it this year. I barely noticed myself, perhaps not shocking even for the worlds foremost bad Catholic quarantined in a County with State sanctioned Agnosticism . This was Holy Week, which in Christian belief started with Jesus … Continue reading Good Friday- 2020
A cure that may enable the disease.
The last time I was really sick was in 2010 when I came back from Thailand and I had a hacking cough that took a few months to truly resolve. I never got an official diagnosis but my roommate proclaimed it the artful title: Asian Lung Herpes Whatever ALH was it must have jolted my … Continue reading A cure that may enable the disease.
Hysteria and The Curse of Incompatibility
Watching the Coronapalloza unfold from my quarantined perch here in Beijing, the duality from the very real threat that the illness poses for many and the accompanying hysteria for those not nearly at risk, has my again reminding myself that Reason and science really need to balance itself out vs irrational fear. I have tried … Continue reading Hysteria and The Curse of Incompatibility
Trumping Hope…
As I’m sure you heard in the past few weeks: “50,000 people die from the flu every year and nobody gives a shit!” It bares repeating, It’s not that no one gives a shit it just that we have accepted it as normal. I know something that kills almost 50% more people than the flu … Continue reading Trumping Hope…
🇮🇪☘️St. Patricks Day☘️🇮🇪
St. Patrick was born and raised in Roman Occupied Britain (Wait What?!?) and was eventually captured by savage Irish Pirates before being smuggled into The Potato laden Green Rock and used as slave labor. It was during his enslavement in Ireland that he turned from his wayward ways as a rebellious youth towards the lord. … Continue reading 🇮🇪☘️St. Patricks Day☘️🇮🇪
Dum Spiro Spero…
In May of this year it will mark my 5th year on Planet 3 of being Fatherless. My father passed away, officially of congestive heart failure but recent events had me reassessing his last few years and weeks. My father was diabetic, for which he had a leg amputated, and had previously had a kidney … Continue reading Dum Spiro Spero…
OK, Boomer… The Group that gave us the Mercedes 80’s
Right after the ravages of the War to end all wars (WWI, which obviously didn’t end all wars) you had the birth of the so-called Greatest generation. Born from the ravages of war and a Global Flu pandemic they were weaned in the scarcity of a worldwide economic depression, they were shipping off to the second … Continue reading OK, Boomer… The Group that gave us the Mercedes 80’s
🦀 Crab Legs! 🦀
The quality of the food really goes up when you are dormed with the National athletes. The past few nights have been Beef and Chicken and lamb and shrimps and tonight we even had… 🦀 Crab legs! 🦀 When I saw the crab legs, in an all you can eat setting Inside of China’s itself … Continue reading 🦀 Crab Legs! 🦀
Valentines Day ❤️
In Roman antiquity from February 13 to 15, the Descendants Of Romulus and Remus celebrated the feast of Lupercalia. The men sacrificed a goat and a dog, then whipped women with the hides of the animals they had just slain, which they believed would make them fertile. The brutal orgy included a matchmaking lottery, in … Continue reading Valentines Day ❤️
