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  • From http://www.dailyzen.com : Vast and spacious, like sky and waterMerging during autumn, like snow and moon having the same colorthis field is without boundary,beyond direction, magnificently one entitywithout edge or…

  • Rolling sculpture. Poetry in motion. Engineering masterpieces. Wickedly fast. Devilishly temperamental (when a Bugatti customer complained that his automobile was difficult to start on cold mornings, Monsieur Bugat…

  • One of THE most beautiful automobiles EVER designed...(and not by some CADCAM computer, either!) ...despite the fact that they have horrid electrical systems & cost a fortune to have repaired. I'D certainly like …

  • THE man on the piano.... Almost on the same level as Monk, to me... ...and if you were around in the '70's, or had older brothers/sisters who were, you might remember so-called 'progressive rock'. Some of the fol…

  • "Life is a risk." -- Diane von Furstenberg "It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by adversity and not to desert his post." -- Cicero "In order to maintain a well-balanced perspective, the …

  • Things noticed and/or observed over the last few days... ...camaflauge-painted VW Thing with the top down...a Harley-Davidson roaring down I-75 North (and kinda west) into the sunset...the first hummingbirds I've seen t…

  • Today's lyrics are inspired by faithless ... HEY NINETEEN by Steely Dan Way back whenIn Sixty-sevenI was the dandy Of Gamma ChiSweet things from Boston So young and willingMoved down to Scarsdale Where the hell am I …

  • IF INSURANCE IS A NECESSARY EVIL...WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE SO EVIL?????????

  • A Vacation Poem... I'm on vacation for all this week And most of you Must work While I am off And getting paid Na na na na boo boo....

  • Woo-hoo! Xanga DIDN'T disappear! I've been trying to get in since 8:30am Eastern time.....

  • "People rise to their highest level of incompetence."-- Dr. Laurence J. Peter.....aka the Peter Principle.... Mathematical proof below.... In case you've ever wondered why ignorance rises to the executive level, here i…

  • THINGS I LEARNED FROM YESTERDAY'S POST... 1. There're a lot of people who read & choose not to comment. 2. There're more people paying attention to what's going on here than I THOUGHT there were. 3. I can make …

  • MINOR RANT AHEAD... How come I sub to so many of you out there...go to YOUR sites regularly and LEAVE A COMMENT...and so few people stop in HERE and reciprocate?!? Not even an eprop! Communication works 2 ways, fol…

  • Courtesy of http://www.dailyzen.com : Creeks and summits are brilliant at sunset.I laze in a boat, my way in the wind’s hands.Watching wild landscapes I forget distanceand come to the water’s edge.Gazing at lovely far w…

  • Last month the United Nations conducted a worldwide survey. The only question asked was:"Would you please give your honest opinion about solutions to the food shortage in the rest of the world?"The survey was a huge fail…

  • The usual bunch of annotated quotes..... "Get your facts first, and then you distort them as much as you please." -- Mark Twain ...seems to me that in the media, the distortion takes place now PRIOR to getting the fact…

  • More pics from Mackinac Island (which is in the state of Michigan, for those who don't know). It's in the Straits of Mackinac that separate Lake Michigan from Lake Huron, geographically speaking... "Downtown" on the …

  • Made it back safely from the island! While there, among other things, I saw this: (Arch Rock) ...and stayed here: (Mission Point Resort) ....I also saw this (but didn't go over it this time): (Mackinac Bridge…

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