Archives for July, 2006
Thomas Ricks is no pacifist, and there’s nothing anti-military about his chronicle of the war in Iraq. Pentagon correspondent for the Washington Post, he has been to Iraq five times in four years. He tells us that each time, the situation has been worse than before. In an interview on amazon.com, he says this: On [...]
Someone remind me why I’m doing this? Today, I was weak. And I was in pain. And I thought that maybe this is a really stupid idea. All of these people around me were working out, and I had to sit down and stretch. Why did I ever think I could do this? Fibromyalgia is [...]
July 15, 2006. I used to be a child. I had great parents who loved me and respected me as a person. But sometimes, it was scary. And sometimes, I remember. So tonight, I was explaining something to my son, and I said, “Do you remember the story of that time my family was playing [...]
Over two years ago, the topic of U.S. soldiers’ immunity to prosecution in Iraq was hot. The May 2004 issue of the New Yorker had published Seymour Hersch’s story on Abu Graib, and people were outraged. Now the question of immunity comes up again, this time because of last March’s cold-blooded murder and brutal rape [...]
So I promised myself I wouldn’t miss any classes because I was “too sore” or “too exhausted” or “dizzy” or any of those other Fibromyalgia things. I decided I did not need to take a “break” sometimes, that I would just do it. And that’s worked pretty well… …until last week. The dojo was closed [...]
A popular song in the 70s was called Tie a Yellow Ribbon (Round the Ole Oak Tree) (YouTube, opens in a new window). The song, in turn, was based on a traditional story about a fellow who, when he was to be released from prison, wrote a letter to his sweetie asking her to let [...]
Today I went to help Sensei remodel one of the dojos. He had put up a sign asking for volunteers. I was surprised at how few had signed up to help. Our culture says “I’ve hired you as a teacher, so it’s your job to provide me with a facility (dojo), and to provide me [...]
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