There is no "there" out there.
There is only "here" inside.
Nothing is real.
It is all an illusion.
Just another dream to wake from.

There is reality.
Then there is reality as you perceive it.
When you awaken are you merely shifting
from one dream to another?

No longer am I a "stuck pig". The surgical staples holding my guts together were removed from my belly this morning - ouch!!! Nor, after this wonderfully uplifting experience, will I be recommending a belly button ring to anyone! I mean, are you nuts? I will not be piercing any of my other body parts, thank you.

One dog's turd
Is another dog's treasure.

Well I survived another near death experience and am here to tell you how good life is! Friday I was admitted into Mills Peninsula Hospital for an emergency appendectomy. When they opened me up, they found my appendics had ruptured but fortunately against an abdominal wall so there was no leakage. I am a lucky man. I am now recovering at home and coming around quite nicely with the help of heavy duty pain pills, love and antibiotics. Life is good. Now for some chicken soup!

Just Another Brick In The Wall...

The past is only a memory, not a fact. This moment "now" is all there is. This moment
is the Big Bang. And before the Big Bang
was the Big Compression. Life is a looping
program that repeats itself over and over
and over.

I wonder how many universes there are out there;
how many life forms, civilizations, planets? We are all one with the universe. Does this include other universes or just those we can create in our minds?

Are there other places where life resides and minds
more advanced than ours have figured it all out long
before us? Are we some other civilization's science
project?

Halloween tonight and first rain of the season is here. Could mean a bust for trick or treaters. And me with two house fulls of candy - enough for every child in the Bay Area! We'll be eating Halloween candy for the next two years. Hi, honey. What's for dinner? No, not Halloween candy again?

Our dog, Sammy, is funny... he refuses to go out in the rain and get his paws wet. So he stays in the garage, marks everywhere and shits where he wants. Life is good if you're a dog.

California is on fire, literally. Southern Cal has lost over 800 homes and 14 killed... a disaster like the Oakland hills fire. Ever available resource is being set there to cope with the worst fire most fighterss have ever seen. High Santa Ana winds are the primary culprit.

XM Radio for free via the net. Granted its not the real "live" deal, but a good enough facsimile thereof. I'm listening to it now as I blog this.

I love coming home off the hill Sunday nights to the beauty and fresh air of the coast. The dog hangs his head on the window sill and just fills his nose and lungs with it. So do I. Something magical about being here.

Well, I haven't tried this blog service yet (and I've tried most of them.) We'll see how long I stay with it. It seems so much easier than the others... don't have to do anything but click on the icon on my Google toolbar and voila. I am there. So we'll see.

Seems like half of California is burning tonight. We saw six CFS/CDF firetrucks heading the other direction on our way home. I'm sure they're on their way to the SoCal fires around San Bernardino and San diego. 650 homes have burned so far and more are likely. I cannot imagine what I'd do or how I'd feel if that were to happen to me. Which illuminates the pint - simplify. Get rid of all the excess baggage you are carrying. Repack your case to lighten the load. Pick a few things you really love and get rid of the rest.