Pan's Garden

No, not this . I put the ball in motion tonight. I told Jacquelene that I'm leaving the house. We're going to discuss details tomo...

What it's doing to meeeeee.

If there were an owner's manual for life on this planet, that'd be the only phrase needed. Update: Or come up with a better idea.

It's the craziest thing. I have the strangest feeling, tonight, that I'm a point on the end of a point in an ever-changing Mandelbro...

"There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being." —James Joyce Been a Joyce fan for year...

Heard this on JPR this morning as I was waking up.

It's finally happened. For nearly 40 years, despite being sodomized as a four-year-old, despite being molested by my mother, despite 3...

So, let me get this straight? A British-born Roman slave becomes a Christian, spends 30+ years driving paganism out of Ireland—ushering in 1...

Got a link to this from Debbie today. Sweet ritual. Sweet thing to send. Thanks, Debbie. Choice cut: When you recognize your own song, y...

One of my all-time favorites, freshly relevant:  Feeling Fucked Up, Etheridge Knight Lord she’s gone done left me done packed / up and sp...

Can anything be more disappointing, infuriating, and maddening than being a human being? We come into this existence thinking everything r...

Been thinking about Job tonight. The whole Old Testament, actually. It dawned on me that crazy as most of those stories were, they helped il...

Finally, from Wired, some back story to the biggest-selling, most popular (and, frankly best) app in history. Choice cut: First they h...

I just learned that more than the two or three people I assumed read The Itch are checking it out. To which, I say welcome... And, yipes! ...

Running on fumes. Was up until 5 a.m. or so last night and had to get up at 8:30 for a meeting. Followed by another meeting. I was remarkabl...

Back from an hour and a half walk. It was drizzling and a bit cold, but not too bad. I love walking the streets at night. It's so still....

More of this please!

I was thinking recently that breaking up gets easier as you age. You've been through it all before. You've felt the worst you can ...

God, the chord changes and melody are just gorgeous. And the refrain…