I have a good friend in Scotland that is a Buddhist. When I visited there last, she took me to the Kagyu Samyé Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre in Dumfries and Galloway. Buddhism always struck me as a fairly sane religion and, as has been said a billion times, seems more effectively approached as a [...]
Apparently, all Americans aren’t idiots. (Hard to believe, I know)
I’m very happy that Sen. Barack Obama has been elected America’s 44th President. How cool is that? Very cool.
I spent the last two weeks leading up to the election in Scotland. Before I left, I hand delivered my absentee ballot to my local polling place. While in the UK, I noticed the American Presidential race [...]
What is Ibogaine?
Ibogaine is a natural psychoactive compound derived from various plants in the dogbane family. The practitioners of Africa’s Bwiti religion learned about it from the Pygmy people. What turns out to have originally been used for spiritual journeys by these African psychonauts might turn out to be a quick fix for addictions of many kinds. [...]
Reaching The Heights Of Lowness
Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R - Minnesota) , gets the award for most disgusting nut-job as she claims roughly half of all Americans are anti-America. Chris Mathews gives her plenty of rope and watches her dangle. Does Democrat = Liberal = Anti-American? It’s pretty embarrassing and from what I gather her opponent, Elwyn Tinklenberg, is reaping the [...]
Italian Spiderman
Behold the spidery goodness of Alrugo’s internet serial “Italian Spiderman”, ostensibly a recovered classic from the 70’s. Great soundtrack as well. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll kiss 5 minutes goodbye….