Happy Old Year

January 1, 2012

Joining the Hare Krishna movement has, thank God, conferred me with the priceless boon of being convinced that I’m totally righteously exempt from observing “holidays” that aren’t inherently holy, and in fact have no meaning at all except some historical edict proclaiming such and such day to henceforward be such and such holiday, thus providing [...]

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Wanna see what’s in back of my head?

12.15.2011

“It’s nine a.m.” I said, trying to be Mr. Helpful Human Alarm Clock. I’m terrible at this. “Wanna see what’s in back of my head?” she asked, very chipper. “What’s that?” I asked, not sure if I heard her properly. “What’s in back of my head.” This baffled me. I looked carefully at what might [...]

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Octogenarian Zipline Mental Fitness Plan

11.30.2011

To honor the request of my local Physical Fitness Expert (wife) that I make some effort to stave off decrepitude, I’ve begun doing pushups and squats in the morning, in addition to walking on the beach. I’ve been getting “body tired” like I haven’t been in years, which is fine. I’m not complaining. Some of [...]

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How I Tried to Sidestep the Big Fat Universal Dance of Life

11.28.2011

“Go. Go write a blog post. I’ll do the dishes,” my wife said. “When’s the last time you wrote one?” “Late September.” “Oh, and the last one you wrote is the one I tore apart. I remember now. What a softy you are.” “Yup.” So I’m out of practice. “I don’t know what to write,” [...]

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the Incredible Grump

09.29.2011

I was in a grumpy mood the other day. I mean all day long. An astrologer once told me my personality can swing from extremely high sattva to extremely low tama. Well, telling you this was one hella tama kinda day. I don’t even remember what kicked off this particular grumpfest, but once it set [...]

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We want more than we get

09.10.2011

What is it about our life here that makes us sad? Everything we love and identify with is temporary. Defining events that are gone never come back. It’s not enough we can access them through memory. It’s not enough we can talk about them. We want to re-live them. Forever. We want more than what [...]

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Don’t tread on an ant, he’s done nothing to you

08.18.2011

Considering how much bugs bug me, I picked the wrong state to live in. I remember soon after coming to Florida I watched what appeared to be a ten-inch long shiny bright blue armored caterpillar-thing burrow into the ground right in front of me. I mean it was surreal, the kind of event that makes [...]

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“A fertile land where corn was grown, attracting wild turkeys”

08.18.2011

These days, when I want to buy something, first I’ll check to make sure I’m not distracting myself from something actually important. Usually I am, so my shopping plans stop right there. But, if I’ve determined that my well-being may genuinely depend on me increasing the number of things in my possession, I’ll look online [...]

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I don’t eat anything cookable.

08.16.2011

For the past twenty-two years, visiting my family has been a challenge. It’s been a social challenge, because for my whole life I’ve never felt they really understood me. And since I’ve broadened my interests to include Krishna consciousness and exploring the practical applications of the Bhagavad-Gita, my feeble and infrequent attempts to communicate such [...]

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Call Me The Breeze

06.23.2011

My wife is a confident, relaxed driver. She’s been driving since she was fifteen, which is I’m Not Going To Tell You How Many years. Her first car was a Camaro, a racecar, whereas mine was a ’63 Chevy Bel-air, an aircraft carrier. I drive more and more like an old lady. Especially when the [...]

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