After working for a while to clean out my son's closet, I made the mistake of taking a break to look around the room: total chaos. A pile of stuff to give away in one corner; another coupla things to move into my closet; recycling; trash; mismatched … [Read more...] about The Storm Before the Calm
spirit & personal
The Poly Bodytick
So like while you were all working today I was getting a fabulous massage from a woman named Pao, and I had like this great idea for my blog today and I was going to call it like the Poly Bodytick and it was going to be awesome.And now I barely … [Read more...] about The Poly Bodytick
Swami Parmanandi & Me
Friday night I experienced the hindi equivalent of seeing Bono play a room of 40 people. I went to hear Swami Parmanandji talk. The man is an official saint and is said to be followed by hundreds of thousands of people in the world, consulted by … [Read more...] about Swami Parmanandi & Me
The Dark Side of the Mood
(:)(:)(:)(:) for Magnolia viewed on DVD this evening at home. I became aware of this film in the following way:Bill: Wanna watch Magnolia with me tonight?snichols: What is it?Bill: It's a DVD I got from Netflix.snichols: No. I mean, what's … [Read more...] about The Dark Side of the Mood
The Minnesota TragedyIt has reached snichols attention that another terrible shooting in a school has transpired. In interviews today with NPR, the principal of the school described in detail the precautions the school had taken to prevent just … [Read more...] about
Change snuck up on snicholsLately snichols has realized that she's genuinely changed since she quit her more gainful employment some two and half years ago. She moves slower; she's less excitable; she likes to be alone more.Prior to "retirement," … [Read more...] about
64 Days of Nonviolence At snichols' church (the Center for Spiritual Awareness in West Sacramento, since you ask) we're engaging in 64 days of nonviolence a period that starts with MLK, Jr.'s birthday and ends with something to do with Ghandi (his … [Read more...] about
Acts of God and Money snichols, like all her fellow internationalists, has been interested in the tidal wave of money pouring into the regions most affected by the tsunami. Why, we all have been asking ourselves, not the Sudan, not AIDS in … [Read more...] about
long time no post birthdays Christmas Virgin Islands epiphany here I am. Whatever brilliant thoughts I had during that intervening time are gone. But here's what's on my mind: I spent a coupla hours looking through magazines for inspiration the … [Read more...] about
snichols concedes... After thinking it over last night, snichols is ready to concede the election to George Bush. The time for division is through...screeetch! NOOOOOOOO!!!! snichols spent all day keeping busy, retail therapy and the like; the … [Read more...] about
O'Reilly Thinks Kerry Won What everyone really wants to know, let's face it, is how was the experience for snichols? And I can give to you, straight up. It's like this (warning: this story will raise more questions than it answers): At 6:00pm … [Read more...] about
From Bill Maher : And finally, New Rule: You can't run on a mistake. Franklin Roosevelt didn't run for re-election claiming Pearl Harbor was his finest hour. Abe Lincoln was a great president, but the high point of his second term wasn't theater … [Read more...] about