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• BOOK REVIEW: A Brief History of Vice by Robert Evans

  

  A Brief History of Vice: How Bad Behavior Built Civilization by Robert Evans My rating: 5 of 5 stars Amazon page This book’s title and subtitle suggest its... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Operation Paperclip

  If there was an evil litter, lying on the ground, radiating danger, without a trace of sound. Would you pocket it for your own devices? Would you think it... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Pushkar Sarovar

  

  Taken in Pushkar in November of 2015 Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Sky Haiku

  

  moonlight so bright silence can’t be heard azure sky one puffy cloud dances through Andean night the pinpoints I knew a smear of color Himalaya so close that... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Main Bazaar Road, Leh

  

  Taken in August of 2016 in Leh Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Red Sumo

  

  Taken on March 31, 2018 at the Bangalore Ritz-Carlton. Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Trayambakeshwar Temple, Rishikesh

  

  Taken in November of 2017 in Rishikesh Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Greens & Oranges

  

  some shades of green some oranges zap my brain into a kindergarten neurochemical cocktail the bright green LEDs of a post-neon sign fire the context of a... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Tree on a Foggy Mountain

  

  Taken in May of 2017 in Coorg (Kodagu.) Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: How Many Parcels Can a Bicycle Rickshaw Carry?

  

  Taken in November of 2015 in Jaipur Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: MG Beach Sunset

  

  Taken in July of 2017 in Kochi (Cochin) Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Death the Barber William Carlos Williams

  

  Death the Barber by William Carlos Williams My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page This is a collection of 39 poems by the twentieth century poet William Carlos... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• BOOK REVIEW: Only the Impassioned by H. C. Turk

  

  Only The Impassioned by H.C. Turk My rating: 4 of 5 stars Amazon page The blurb offers readers the gist of the story. In a nutshell: an American soldier,... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Tram & Building, Budapest

  

  Taken in the Summer of 2011 in Budapest Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Victoria

  

  Taken on March 25, 2018 in Cubbon Park, Bengaluru. Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like Loading... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Disjointed

  on the brick block side of town amid the valleys of alleys where the junkies bunk for the night beyond the sizzle of street lamp light therein lies another worl... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Kusunoki Masashige, the Loyal Samurai

  

  Taken near the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in the summer of 2008 Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Not Your Air to Breathe

  

  you can’t come up for air here this is a no survival zone this air is for the rarefied, the Holy among holies the sacred molecules cannot be allowed to be... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• DAILY PHOTO: Karon Beach

  

  Taken on Karon Beach of Phuket Island in January of 2014 Share on Facebook, Twitter, Email, etc.PrintWhatsAppMoreShare on TumblrTweetEmailLike this:Like... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• POEM: Computer Searches

  

  When AI lights up its mind, will it be gentle and kind? Will it wonder where meaning lies? Will obsoletion mean to die? Will it fear the weirdness of this place... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2018 SOCIETY, TRAVEL