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The Harasser And The Harassed
“We insult her every day on TVAnd wonder why she has no guts or confidenceWhen she’s young we kill her will to be freeWhile telling her not to be so smart we put her down for being so dumbWoman is the nigger of the world.” John Lennon I. Sexual Harassment On Tuesday a video titled Read more
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Too Much On My Mind – Mike’s Musical Monday
After John Lennon, my favorite songwriter is Ray Davies of the Kinks. This song was recorded for the album Face to Face, released in 1966. It’s a real gem of an album with classics like Sunny Afternoon and Dandy but it’s this one that’s become my theme song over the past few weeks. I love Read more
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The Immeasurable Treasure
If I spent every moment of the rest of my life with you It wouldn’t be enough If I knew everything there was to know about you It wouldn’t be enough If I tasted the flavor of you alone on my tongue I would always be starving for more If I could read every Read more
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Self-Portrait
“It gets worse the older that you get There’s no escape from the state of confusion I’m in.” – Ray Davies It must be hard for even an egotist to look too closely at his face in the mirror, and I’m no egotist. Some people find it helpful to ask another to take a hard Read more
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Broken Angel
“Either I’m too sensitive or else I’m getting soft.” – Bob Dylan One of the great themes of classical poetry is the damsel in distress. Any kind of suffering is bad enough but contemplating the suffering of someone dear to your heart is almost unbearable. Even more so when you’re unable to do anything to Read more
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Images of a Lunar Eclipse
An astrophysicist friend of mine (don’t you love sentences that start like that?) told me on Tuesday night that there would be a lunar eclipse on Wednesday morning. She wasn’t kidding. I wound up waking up naturally a little before the event and you wouldn’t know it by the photo but the moon was large Read more
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