What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow out of this snowy rubbish? Son of noman, You cannot say, or guess, for you know only a heap of broken teeth, where there is no sun, And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cigarette no relief, And the dry cold concrete no sound of laughter. Only There is shadow under this snow, Come in under the shadow of this snow, And I will show you something different from either Your shadow at morning striding behind you Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you; I will show you fear in a handful of snow.
(adaptation)
When I went to Guatamala I spent some time with an old lady witch who gave me a red bean and told me to take it home and plant it for protection. So I did and it grew into a very intelligent plant. It seems as if the plant's growth is directly related to my own. Hence today I noticed this little colony of spider mites builing a city on it's new growth. Damn you spider mites.
Ow, I got 4 wisdom teeth pulled today. Adding tylonol 3 to my arsenal of painkillers. The sound of the drill, the acrid smell of my teeth and teeth dust blood on the dentist's mask. The dentist leaning into my face, getting leverage with his sharp device. long needles in my mouth. lond needle in my knee, draining my blood. stitches inside me. Pain. Lonelyness. Inability to walk. Inability to talk. Falling in the snow. Awake at night. Asleep during the day. Not enough sunlight. Running out of money. Year of the Fire Boar. March 2007. War. Empty sockets.
Got this image from Art Knowledge News. It's a website with pretty much global coverage of the arts-- short articles about what's happening in every major gallery from Winnipeg to Mumbai.
From the BBC. Note the last paragraph...  Some believe a bat turns into a man at night |
A BBC correspondent says the attacks are being blamed by some on a demon called "Popo Bawa" meaning winged bat.
Some men are staying awake or sleeping in groups outside their homes. Others are smearing themselves with pig's oil, believing this repels attacks.
Reports of the demon's existence have been common for many years in Zanzibar, where locals claim it originated.
The BBC's John Ngahyoma in Dar es Salaam says not many people actually believe that the demon exists and there have been no sightings.
But Mbaruku Ibrahim, who hails from Zanzibar, says the story of the demon is common there and people in his village on Pemba island sleep beside a huge fire outside their houses whenever it is said to appear.
The story goes that the bat is able to transform itself into a man at night and it has also been blamed for rapes of women.
Sheikh Yahya Hussein, a prominent astrologer in Tanzania, claims that the demon is a spirit that is unleashed by witches to torment their opponents.
Belief in witchcraft and superstitions is widespread in Tanzania, especially in rural areas.
There is a campaign underway at new7wonders.com to create a modern list of the seven wonders of the world (only Egypt's pyramids still remain from the original list of seven). And, you can vote for them yourself! Pictured above is a temple in Petra, Jordan, one of the contenders.
Who would have thought that Norway hold sthe key to the future of the human race?
James Brown’s been dead six weeks, and he’s still the hardest working man in show business.
— Posted by Leo Marvin