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My first book was ADOI! (a collection of satirical essays and cartoons published by Times Books International, 1989), followed by MOTH BALLS (scatological and eschatological poems published by Magick River, 1994), and TWO CATFISH IN THE SAME HOLE (annotated

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Arts & Humanities > Art Appreciation Art: A waste of time or meaningful expression?: 38 of 39
THE INNER TECHNOLOGY OF ART: Making Public the Private Once in a while it helps to sit back and think about things like Art - and what it actually means to be called or to call someone an Artist. We could think about the earliest evidence of human artistic activity, found before the outbreak of the First World War in souther... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Speculations & Criticisms An historical background of the Da Vinci Code: 6 of 6
A BIT OF ALTERNATIVE HISTORY "Establishment history is largely based on recorded propaganda," wrote the celebrated constitutional historian and genealogist, Sir Laurence Gardner. This certainly applies when one considers the complex cross-currents that have influenced the rise and growth of the Church. Around 597 BCE, the Ki... More..
Sciences > Sciences (Other) Celebrating the technological miracles of modern science: 6 of 6
THE FULLER PERSPECTIVE Architect, mathematician, inventor, poet, lecturer and whole-systems thinker, R. Buckminster Fuller was above all a planetary visionary who passionately believed that the human race was on the brink of Utopia or Oblivion. Best known for his geodesic domes, Dymaxion car, and his concept of synergetics, ... More..
Computers & Technology > Internet Search Issues Google: History & background: 4 of 4
Resubmit: GOOGLE'S A REAL GIGGLE (especially if you happen to be the 26th richest human on earth!) Legend has it that the Google name itself was a misspelling of Googol (a nonsense word meaning 10 to the power of 100, coined in 1920 by 9-year-old Milton Sirotta, when asked by his mathematician uncle, Edward Kasner, to think ... More..
Arts & Humanities > History Mysteries Assessing the authenticity of the Bosnian pyramids: 2 of 2
TANAH TUJUH: THE SEVENTH PLANET ORANG ASLI (the indigenous folk of Peninsular Malaysia) call the Earth Tanah Tujuh - literally, the Seventh Land... or Planet. Seri Pagi and his younger brother Utat have tried many times to explain exactly what this means by showing me a stack of plates. "There are seven worlds one on top of ... More..