Monthly Archives: May 2012

Bits and Pieces 2

Posted on May 12, 2012 by ehurst

I am a food activist, in the sense I am actively doing what I can to make food available at the best cost possible. I offer to help anyone find out where to get free food from nature. For example, … Continue reading →

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Moral Fabric Scales Well

Posted on May 11, 2012 by ehurst

I assert there is a moral fabric running throughout the universe. It matters not whether your human eyes or human logic can see it. It works. I’m not so much offering proof here, as offering illustrations, to show how it … Continue reading →

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Picking Already

Posted on May 10, 2012 by ehurst

After nearly two weeks of exercising with my axes and saws on firewood, I think I need a break from that routine. Of course, the other workouts will continue. I was surprised yesterday when I spotted ripe blackberries on one … Continue reading →

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Turn in the Path

Posted on May 9, 2012 by ehurst

I feel like the Mayan calendar — the previous epoch is ending and now we start another. Have you ever wished you could clone yourself and get more done in less time? The problem is the clone would have an … Continue reading →

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Kids These Days

Posted on May 8, 2012 by ehurst

(This is a parable of something which transpired recently here in the comments. For your amusement…) *sigh* Another wasted day. John had just been told the truck delivering his trusses was broke down twenty miles from town. The job site … Continue reading →

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Recapitulation

Posted on May 8, 2012 by ehurst

Here’s the plan. Things will get worse before they get better. Whatever it is we all collectively think of as the USA will be gone really soon. In fact, most people who think of it at all are mostly wrong … Continue reading →

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Am I Done, Yet?

Posted on May 7, 2012 by ehurst

I started this blog because I had a mission. That mission changed somewhat, but not fundamentally. So here I am reassessing what I’ve covered so far. While I’ve managed to say it differently, from different angles, I’ve begun to repeat … Continue reading →

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Let Us Be

Posted on May 6, 2012 by ehurst

Live and let live. My brother lives in a very old neighborhood just a mile north of downtown Oklahoma City. He has a traditional brick fireplace and I am cutting wood for him this summer so he’ll have a good … Continue reading →

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Tell Me God Does Not Exist

Posted on May 5, 2012 by ehurst

Depending on how you define the terms of the debate, I might agree with the statement “God does not exist.” If your entire approach is Aristotelian (included as an element in Enlightenment, Post-Modernism and just about the entire basis of … Continue reading →

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Hazing Is Torture

Posted on May 4, 2012 by ehurst

In the past few weeks we’ve seen reports in the news about hazing. I suppose it’s one thing if you voluntarily join a violent gang and pass through their initiation rituals. It’s like military basic training. You know what you’re … Continue reading →

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