there is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average human being to supply any given army on any given day and the best at murder are those who preach against it and the best at hate are those who…
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The God Delusion – Richard Dawkins
I was a born again christian (baptist) turned agnostic. Tomorrow I could be a Jedi. I have read a lot of books in recent years about theology and the validity of the new testament. I began to really question my…
Tagged with: agnostic, Atheism, atheist, Biology, Christopher hitchens, Evolution, religion, richard dawkins, The God Delusion
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Charles Bukowski’s Gravestone Epitaph ‘Don’t Try’
Many people have wondered what the gravestone epitaph of the great American counter-culture poet and novelist Charles Bukowski means – ‘Don’t Try.’ I was baffled by this too until I came across this illuminating quote from Bukowski which should substantiate…
Tagged with: all the way, Charles Bukowski, Don't try, novelist, poem, poetry, screenings, slow night in the fast lane, The New Censorship
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Ham on Rye – Charles Bukowski
I had been wanting to read a Charles Bukowski novel after seeing the illuminating documentary, Born into this. As Goodreads describes Ham on Rye, ‘Charles Bukowski details the long, lonely years of his own hardscrabble youth in the raw voice…
Tagged with: American literature, Born Into This, Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye, Henry Chinaski
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There is Now a Different Kind of Stalker on the Prowl. Cyberstalker
At night after work I drift into my usual routine of searching girls on the Net. I sit in my usual chair and look into the glazy maze of lights on the computer screen, my hand wrapped around one of…
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Snapshot of my Life as a ‘Temp’
Sitting, peering, folding and unfolding arms. Chewing my Nicorette gum like a man possessed. My third shot for the day. No one smokes at work, which means I can’t smoke either. The place where I work is a government department,…
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Comedy and the Ages. Lenny Bruce, Charles Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson
George Carlin himself once put it: “Lenny Bruce opened the doors for all the guys like me.” Last night I watched the sobering documentary on the infamous American comedian Lenny Bruce called, Swear to tell the truth. It was disturbing…
East of Eden – John Steinbeck
East of Eden by John Steinbeck is considered one of America’s great literary classics along with his other treasured book The Grapes of Wrath. According to Steinbeck’s third wife, Steinbeck considered East of Eden his magnum opus. He further claimed:…
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