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Monthly Archives: July 2018
Fine Arts America Exhibit
Some of you know that I have been taking photographs in a virtual environment for years now. Having reached over 20,000 photographs from that platform known as Second Life, I have been persuaded to put some of these up for … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Music, Second Life
Tagged Digital Art, FineartsAmerica.com, Media, Photographs, Sales
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Fight For Glory
Excited that the Rome docu-drama series has a new season on Netflix. To my surprise, it turns out that I somehow had not watched the last two episodes. I am in the middle of fixing that now. Fight For … Continue reading
Word Prompt – Pursuit
There’s that ole stray cat up on the garden wall Without a care in the world that she’ll fall In full pursuit, she chases dandelions in the wind All day and night without pause, without end Not a care in … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Cat, Catch and Release, Chase, Daily Prompt, Dandelions, Fancy, Kitty, Meal, Meow, Path, Pause, Paws, Prey, Puff, Pursuit, Real, Snack, Trace, Wind
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Thought For the Day: Nothing Enslaves More Perfectly Than the False Appearance of Freedom
“There is no subjugation so perfect as that which keeps the appearance of freedom for in that way one captures volition itself.” – Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Appearance, Freedom, Perfected, Political Theory, Rousseau, Subjugation, Thought For the Day, Truth
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First Principles: To Vote Is To Execute One of the Most Solemn Trusts In Society
“Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual — or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Accountable, Citizen, Compliment, Country, Executing, Exercise, First Principles, God, Samuel Adams, Society, Solemn Trust, Vote
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To Obey God
2 Corinthians 10:5 : “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” To Obey God by Michael Romani Changing the world … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Change, Connection, Difference, Disposition, God, Kingdom, Light, Love, Mirror, Obedience, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Points of View, Praise Songs, Prayer, Reflection, World
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Word Prompt – Ends
There comes a point of no turning back When it’s crunch time or hitting the sack Where even Second Life reaches its ends And you’ve shared it with your friends There is it in all of its splendid intensity Despite … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Company, Ends, Friends, Immensity, Intensity, Pushing On, Second Life, Sleep, Technicolor, Tomorrow, Turning Back, Word Prompt
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First Principles: Neither the Wisest Constitution Or Laws Can Protect A Corrupted People
“Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.” – Samuel Adams (1749)
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Tagged Constitution, Corruption, First Principles, Happiness, Laws, Liberty, manners, Samuel Adams, Security, The People, Wisdom
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Thought For the Day: Happiness Is A Healthy Choice
“I have chosen to be happy because it’s good for my health.” – Voltaire
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Choice, Good, Happiness, Healthy, Thought For the Day, Voltaire
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Chinese Shelf Help
Some say that the change in Chinese away from satire and critique is just the chase of the almighty dollar. That seems a deficit explanation given the official statements by the Chinese government. I am no expert. But, this poem … Continue reading
ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 