joined on 08/20/05
last updated 07/22/09
June 10, 2009
Deb is one of the few people that commands my total respect on this network - not by dint of any particular history, not because I agree with 100% of what she relates, nor because she's been far more respectable than the majority of us, in general, nor has she ever kissed my ass - but she simply commands my total respect.
I don't ignore those kinds of commands unless they're tendered with words. Deb tenders the command with something else. I guess I'll call it "an oblique communication of total respect".
I've never seen her disrespect anyone, or assume something, or mistake direct language for disrespect. She seems to have that rare ability to understand what is being shared, and she seems to value it. That's rare. We're all better for having had access to this example.
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about me
graduate of the school of hard knocks; real relationships; creative endeavours
Rest in Peace: today is the day we honour those veterans who gave their lives that we may live in peace and freedom.
In my life, I've lost two:
This is the 30th anniversary of burying my fiance when I was 19. He was a soldier and he died in a military training accident in Germany in 1979. I was young and had just confirmed that I was pregnant, David was due back the next week to hear that news. Instead he came home in a closed, lead-lined box draped in a Canadian flag.
Also almost s...
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Tonight I'm meeting up with some friends in Alameda so I had to get online to find the place. It's called La Pinata Restaurant at 1440 Park St., Alameda and we'll be there around 7:30 PM. My friend Cross Sydthe has dialysis on Friday and he'll be done around 7 so we're going to meet there at 7:30.
If anyone else is in the Bay area and wants to meet, feel free to drop in, the more the merrier.
I'll write later about all wonderful events of the burn. It was very healing. And I hope many ...
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How to remember Caleb Schaber this year at the burn? Playa time being what it is, pick the one you can fit in to your schedule or that helps you to say goodbye:
• Bring a “found item” like a piece of wood that he might have painted on to add to the on-playa Outsider Art sculpture that we are creating. If you have one of Caleb’s paintings, photocopy and bring that to put on the sculpture. Bring that email that haunts you still. Heck, Caleb once created a piece of art from a pizza box! There...
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Caleb chose to leave this world on Friday, April 17th at about 2:15AM. I wish he hadn't made that choice.
This song was one of his recent favourites and somehow playing it is giving me some comfort.
Caleb liked this version: www.youtube.com/watch
Created by Portugal. The Man
I don't know how we were created
But I know we all die
Go pick up all your tools and build a roof
I'll pick up all mine and build one too
I just do as I do
That's all I can do
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We've had a busy few days in Canada while you folks were having your turkey. Actually we had a bit of a revolution. Maybe you've heard that we elected a minority neo-con government on October 14 then watched with envy as you folks chose hope on November 4.
Well, we might have fixed that little problem. It's taken four days but...
About 20 minutes ago, the news came across the wires that our three parties on the left have united in a coalition and will be putting forth a motion of non-co...
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Re: Quote of the Moment 11/23/09
(in Intelligent Political Discussion)
"puckered dogwhistles"
fittingly quotable (with attribution, of course)
discussion post on Sun, November 29, 2009 - 12:17 AM
Re: was just seeing ~
(in In Memory of Caleb (Shooter) Schaber)
Caleb is alive in each of us that knew him. Every time we question authority, Caleb is standing right beside us. Every time we have a PBR, Caleb's grabbing the other one from the cooler. Every time we make art out of next to nothing, Caleb is righ...
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discussion post on Sun, November 29, 2009 - 12:07 AM
Re: was just seeing ~
(in In Memory of Caleb (Shooter) Schaber)
Jen, someone has his phone and keeps track of who calls the number. That someone is not me.
discussion post on Sun, November 29, 2009 - 12:01 AM
Re: OFF TOPIC~ 150 Years of Evolution
(in Burning Man)
Fighting fire with fire! Brilliant.
discussion post on Sat, November 28, 2009 - 11:48 PM
Re: International Survivors of Suicide Day
(in Radical Life Institute)
Thanks Plokk, keep in touch, eh?
Now I wasn't thinking entirely clearly when I wrote that piece the other day. I guess I was still processing. Anyway, I did want to share the web address where you can go and watch this video too. It is not "dif...
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discussion post on Sat, November 28, 2009 - 11:31 PM
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**Rue Morgue**,
*Global Politics,
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100 Mile Diet,
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ask aunt bea if she cares,
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Burners Roadtripping from the East,
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