King John of England grants the Magna Carta. Magna Carta (literally “Great Paper”), also called Magna Carta Libertatum (Great Charter of Freedoms), it was the most significant document to have influence on the extensive historical process that led to the rule of constitutional law today. The Magna Carta influenced many common British laws and other documents, such as…
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June Meditation
“L’absence diminue les médiocres passions et augmente les grandes, comme le vent éteint les bougies et allume le feu.” François de la Rouchefoucauld “Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and blows up the bonfire.” François de la Rouchefoucauld
Newsworthy
Dr. Jack Kevorkian is out of prison after serving eight years of a 10-25 year sentence for second degree murder. Andrew “TB” Speaker’s father in law works for the CDC, specifically on researching TB. Venus Williams ends her presence at the French Open citing that “I was a little tired, it’s tough on clay.” NY…
For Italians (Neapolitans, Mostly)
I’ve noticed in the past week or so, that someone in Brooklyn, has been visiting this blog looking for the lyrics to the Pino Daniele song “Je So’ Pazz;” consider it my random act of kindness for the week. Je so’ pazz’ je so’ pazz’ I’m crazy, I’m crazy* E vogl’essere chi vogh’i’ …
Quote of the Day
provided by my friend Serene. ” In an ideal social networking world not funded by Rupert Murdoch, people would abandon the woefully inadequate cess pool filled with narcissism, pedophiles, bad music, and spambot. Unfortunately today is not that day.” [on myspace.com] Maybe that day isn’t so far away since Rupert Murdoch the-powers-that-be decided to fork over information about its members….
The Photographer
© copyright Thomas Custom Digital, 2007 This past Tuesday, I had the opportunity to assist in an interview with photographer Clay Enos. The great thing is that my sole purpose there was to record it. Not having one of those handy tape recorders, I brought my camcorder along, thinking it would work as a recorder. As…
The Medium is the Message is the Machine is the Web
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Poem Only For Today
Tomorrow he will come, Tomorrow he will see Tomorrow he will know Tomorrow you and me. Apart for just a while, Apart is not a state. Apart seems far away, Apart could be our fate. The future seems so far The future scares me so The future is today The future could say no. The…
May Meditation
It’s interesting how life revolves and lessons learned come back to present themselves anew. For example, last year’s meditation was in some ways, is in some ways, what I feel today. But for this meditation, I want to speak of opening the heart. You see, for many years, I thought I had opened my heart to people,…
In Case Anyone Was Waiting
…a monthly meditation is in the works. So is a continuation of the discussion of “Why Does This Disturb Me So.” Keep a watchful eye in the next couple of days. Thanks for visiting.