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The Debian Experience

I first got acquainted with Debian by using Sarge. It was okay, and I got comfortable with apt and all the other unique things. Etch was truly excellent. I still love it, especially on older hardware. Lenny stunk. I tried … Continue reading

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We Got Troubles

Locally here, we’ve been promised to get a piece of the same snow storm about to hit a big chunk of the US. Oklahoma seldom gets that kind of stuff, and we don’t invest that much in the requisite equipment, … Continue reading

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No Predictions for New Year

It is a good day to die. My dearly departed friend, Marion Brooks, and I shared that greeting often. After some 80 years, he was not yet finished with his life plans, and he considered his fatal condition a temporary … Continue reading

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Intuitive Intelligence

A critical element in mysticism is cultivating intuition. Both are commonly dismissed as a lack of intelligence, but this is manifestly itself a lack of intelligence. There is a wealth of study, even in Western human sciences, showing intuition is … Continue reading

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Giving Thanks and Repentance

We call this Thanksgiving Day. It’s mostly a muddle of American mythology to cover up some truly awful things done by our founders. As with many born in Oklahoma, I have some Native American DNA. A great many tribes which … Continue reading

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A Lesson in Righteous Cynicism: Noise (Updated)

Holy Cynicism: People are fallen and tend to do evil, even when you can’t justify saying they are evil. But most people recognize evil when they encounter it, provided they are paying attention. Evil is simply a word for injustice, … Continue reading

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This Is A Test

It came at midday. The bus was ancient, but functional. They would have to carry their bags and sit with them, but given how few came that day, it would still leave room. There were just about a dozen of … Continue reading

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Planned Passive Resistance

Peacemaking is not activism and protest. That’s just politics and war with another flavor. What we need is to activate the strongest revolt of all, which is simply ignoring tyranny and oppression and doing what is right. We see a … Continue reading

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Something Wicked This Way Comes

Yeah, I was a fan of Ray Bradbury’s fiction in my youth. Excellent story-teller, but these days his nightmare visions seem tame compared to the reality. I don’t pretend to know where it is all headed, only that it’s a … Continue reading

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Facing Disaster

Steve Quayle says we might be seeing a bank holiday next week starting on Veterans’ Day. You notice the core of the White House, along with some 200 major CEOs, will be in Mumbai during that day. Good time to … Continue reading

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