July 1, 2018 The evils of organized religion need no rehearsal here. People rightly question whether it has any right to exist. To respond, I can begin with an examination of the life of one single man, John Lee Cowell. Read this: BART killing: Divergent paths met tragically on Oakland platform If that link doesn’t work, click here. That this was a white-on-black crime led to a spasm of hysteria.(*) No heaven or hell is of interest to me except the living heaven or living hel

It’s been a long time since I last considered this; maybe because, for some months, there haven’t been that many jerks among us at the shelter. Whether the “spirit” I breathe out has anything to do with that, I don’t know.[1] But I was in the shower 07/01/12 and overheard that they’d run out of wash cloths, and that brought this to mind. Just being a nice guy earns me concrete, practical rewards.