Some may ask (though probably not), " Steamboat Jim, what have you got against Wal-Mart."

"PLENTY"

Wal-Mart to me is the unholiest of unions of Government, Business and yes even Religion. Of course our gummint opened the doors to cheap goods from China and elsewhere with "free trade" legislation and an abundance of Chinese child slave labor made these products abundantly cheap for…

"I'm hog-bitin' MAD !!!"

Though I have held this opinion for a while I will re-iterate here as it gets MORE and MORE relevant.

      The Two Party System Explained

  Our two party system INSURES that nothing EVER gets done to anyone's  satisfaction or in a sane and/or humane manner. A crisis MUST be maintained at all costs and believe me it COSTS…

If you were able to look inside yourself...

what would you see?

Do you think you would like

what you see?

Do you see hurt and pain and anger...?

Do you see misery and hunger?

What would you like to see?

Would you like to see 'ME'?

Who is 'ME'?

Is 'me' the person you love 

or the person you loathe?

Is your 'me' a case of

me, myself and I?

Or is your 'me' a part of the bigger whole?

I look inside me. 

I am learning to like seeing…

I recently left a community I have been part of for about 8 years now.  I am not going into all the gory details needless to say a clash of personalities took place.  Although I tried to state my case very clearly and openly with a view to having frank and honest dialogue about the issues, it didn't happen.  As one of the founders of the community it also hit me hard as I had been there since the beginning and have a lot of 'family' there.

The 'owner' of the group decided he wanted to…

Something I've said many ways and many times, but I'll keep saying it, because there will always be people needing to hear it.

Compassion for the human animal, since most people love animals, like cats and/or dogs, I find it's a helpful analogy.

For instance if I say "I love dogs, unconditionally, passionately, I'm advocate for and…

About four years ago a guy I went to grade school with set a truck in front of his house on fire and waited for the authorities to arrive. When they did he shot and killed a policeman. There was a standoff until he set his house on fire and then killed himself. Good people wondered "Why would somebody do that ?" as good people do when something like that happens. This poem is an attempt to answer that question although Trent Reznor did a pretty good job with the song "Burn". As hard as I try…

As I sit here thinking I am brought into awareness of a thought.  That we must never forget who we are.

That we should never live too focused in physicality and materialistic needs and desires that we forget that we are so much more than the reality that we perceive.  That we should never live too focused in our energetic existence and spirituality that we…

A gentle touch against my cheek 

Sends a shiver down my spine. 

A breath, a whisper, 

the lightest touch of lips. 

His hand touches my hair 

and falls onto my shoulder. 

Is this really love? 



Oh how you make my soul soar, 

my spirit fly! 

My heart races like drums of old 

and the blood in my veins 

flows like a torrent 

around my body. 

Is this really love? 



You enter my being, my space. 

I feel safe and secure with…

The dark all encompassing -

Never moving, never shifting.

It permeated every cell

every breath.

She could feel the dark consume her

as flames consume dry wood.

She cried out - no sound.

She tried to move

but she was held still.

She looked at the images

flashing before her.

She recognised the faces

the things she saw

with a distant recognition.

She watched as one by…

Somehow my original post got deleted, so this is a re-post, unfortunately I had to make it less detailed than the original. It's also going to be a lot less fluid and with more typos... lol. But there you have it. Same basic concepts getting conveyed.. it's essentially a copy of a letter I sent to a friend here.

There are dark elements here, yes. There are people who identify with what are traditionally thought of by many as 'evil' or 'negative' forces. People who identify as…

If you've noticed a shift in my activity on the site, or are just getting a different vibe from me, you're not imagining it. Not unexpectedly to me, my health issues continue to slowly progress, and even though the changes are small, they add up.

My ability to read as much of what goes on on the site has been diminished, as has my ability to respond back. I'm still busy busy doing site related stuff happily all day long, but it's shifted to more of what I call 'mouse work' things I…

To have hope in your heart

can conquer all negative thoughts.

To feel joy at the song of a bird

is to lighten your soul.

To hear a child’s laughter

is as musical as a brook.

To have love in your life

is the most magical gift of all.

To share with a stranger

your innermost dreams,

that dear friend is a miracle.

Lorri 2011

How many of us have experienced a 'miracle'?  Many think they have to be a mind-blowing…

  "Out in the street and under the sun,

    I kissed his feet and loaded his gun,

    Sooner or later everyone does,

    Everybody feeds the fat boy.''

                            The Residents from "The Gingerbread Man"

 …

I close my eyes

to sleep, to dream.

My room is dark and still.

The curtains open,

the stars twinkling

in the black velvet

of the sky.



My soul leaves and

flies up to meet them.

I feel so at home

here among the 

heavenly bodies.

Home.



I look down to see

my loved ones 

sleeping peacefully,

dreaming thier dreams.

They are safe.

They are at peace.



I fly among the stars

with the…

   Dedicated to my old neighbor Sam who had no fewer than 100 images of Elvis and Jesus in his two-room apartment. When I introduced myself he said, "If you ever hear yelling next door it's just me arguing with God."

 …

Would these people lie to us ???

Weight problems ? Here's the answer.

Cigarettes are good for your teeth as well.…