”That until there are no longer First-class and second-class citizens of any nation Until the colour of a man's skin  Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes  Me say war” Bob Marley I don’t know how many times I have written I don’t know where...

“Beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life."Hunter S. Thompson Last Sunday, I was sitting cross legged at the end of the pier at Waimea. It is a favorite motorcycle ride, for two reasons. The most obvious is its sheer beauty and second, it is has the only...

“Yes. In the garden, growth has it seasons. First comes spring and summer, but then we have fall and winter. And then we get spring and summer again.”Chance the Gardner The above quotation is from a film, called Being There, written by Jerzy Kosinsky. He was a Polish...

“The expert knows more and more about less and less until he knows everything about nothing” Mahatma Gandhi As soon as I finished my last story on all of us now living in a reality TV show, I wanted to do what I am about to do. The reason for the vagary is I am not...

”I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream.” Bruce Springsteen I am pretty sure this is the first time I have done anything remotely resembling research for one of these stories. From what I could gather, the first...

“A man deserves a second chance, but keep an eye on him.” – John Wayne It has been a handful of days since I wrote the Kiss My Asteroid story and I haven’t looked at it until just now. Aside from correcting some grammar, I didn’t want to touch it. As I wrote in that...

“Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception." Carl Sagan Christ, it’s Sunday and I shouldn’t be writing. I have now gotten into the habit of publishing stories on Friday afternoon, usually because I sit with them for at least several days. It is creatively...

“You will not be punished for your anger, You will be punished by your anger.” The Buddha Today, is election day and this story will continue until the results are hopefully and expeditiously announced. These are times when I ever so briefly fantasize about being a...

“People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within.”Ursula K. Le Guin I have been thinking about writing some basic stuff that I believe in and much of it comes from the Buddha. Being an honest kind of guy, I didn’t like the idea of...

“Writing is its own reward.” Henry Miller I was sitting on my cushion this morning, which is definitely not unusual. It’s funny, I’ve read all sorts of crap about meditating. What does it mean? How do you do it? How do you know when you are enlightened? It goes on and...