I think we are cheating ourselves if we only follow one path. I think we deny ourselves enlightenment if we say, in any context, "I'm right and you're wrong."

There is so much knowledge out there. It's in the Christian Bible, the Koran, The Sun Tzu. It's in the writings of Bertrand Russell, Mark Twain, Tom Paine, Bob Dylan, Jared Diamond, Jeffrey Sachs, Cornell West, David Orr, Sam Harris, and so on and so forth. Let's not deny ourselves wisdom, let's expand on what we know.

I think we need to start talking in terms of where we are, and not in terms of where we'd like to be. It is good to have a goal, but let's figure out how to achieve that goal if we're starting from where we are at 11:45PM on Sunday, July 30, 2006.

I'm here asking that we all work together. Together is the ONLY way to solve things.

“The civilian population as such, as well as individual civilians, shall not be the object of attack. Acts or threats of violence the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the civilian population are prohibited.

Date: 2006-07-30 14:16
Subject: More war humour

Of course the running joke now is that Google Earth needs to update its files, because southern Beirut is now a giant parking lot.

A moment of zen via the Evergreen Parkway.

From Trees and Water.

I don't know how to make it look all fancy and cool but check out the article about my husband, Terry, in the Olympian Living section this morning! 

He's been to Carnegie Hall twice, serves as music director at a South Sound church, coaches football and teaches high school choir.

But who is the real Terrance "Terry" Robert Bernard Shaw?

The mixed CD that he sings along with while driving his big, white conversion van might hold the answer. A gift from his wife, Jennifer, the homemade disc includes songs by all of his favorite rock bands.

"I love Bon Jovi, '80s hair bands, Poison, Def Leppard - I'm all over that," said Shaw, as he prepared to conduct the Brahms' Requiem on Tuesday night for the Olympia Sings program. "Really, classical was pop music 200 years ago."

But while he's a rocker at heart, Shaw said his passion is helping people perform classical works.

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