the medium the message

                      "Neither rain, nor snow,
                                 nor sleet, nor hail
                                     shall keep the postmen
                                           from their appointed rounds."











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the real object

“The object of education
is to teach us
to love
       what is beautiful.” 






                                                    Plato













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pathos

my heart is turning to ashes




   chung hae-sook












                - he lost his son when a boat sank off the coast of korea











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eloquence in strange places

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjR0aPpepig










.....more poignant with the full screen


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this youtube was wrenched from cyberspace
don't know why
to some extent
it's the nature of the beast


....now it appears that the youtube is viewable
if one is invited to login

food for a new evangelization

Our faith is challenged to discern
 how wine
     can come from water
      and how wheat
can grow
        in the midst of weeds






                                 Francis I









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fat tuesday

i take it all along
take it to the counter
charge it on the card
put it in the bag

the weight of goods
at the human infraction shop
requires double bagging

can i take it all home

will 40 days suffice

there's more here than i need
what's the use?

i trudge out the door

a cross imprinted in snow

 toss the bag

and know i will retrieve it

i take it all along
i hope to take it home
i bought it with a price
i know not the worth

my piece of the better world
has not appeared

i stock my shelves
clutter the cupboard

40 days to sit
to let the world refract around me
 40 days
to barely make things right






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all the more reason to be very careful

People that are really very weird
can get into sensitive positions
 and have a tremendous impact
           on history.







                                   Dan Quayle  (R- Indiana)








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