Backwards Roll

Yeah, so I got married last week and having just got back from a pre-honeymoon getaway, I thought I would do this in reverse and show some of the pics from the trip.  Most are scenic in nature, but fear not, more will be on the way when I receive them.  Meanwhile, enjoy the scenery, all of which were taken at the Krishnamurti Foundation's center in Ojai, CA.  Yeah, it was so peaceful to hear the sounds of only 4 planes flying over head in four days.  We did some amazing star gazing, watched a satellite do some pretty fancy maneuvers, picked oranges and avocados, went hiking, stayed in the Igor Stravinsky suite where I did some far out writing and we read from some of the fantastic books the room came equipped with while we pondered a greater escape.  It was simply awesome. Stay tuned as more pics are revealed.

Yep, that's me with with a "I can't believe we pulled that off!" look.

When I say there was great reading, I did not lie, but this was only in the main lobby.  The individual rooms have a far more diverse selection.  In fact the only Krishnamurti reading was done on the first day we were there.

Then she rang my bell.  Har har.

Free Leslie Van Houten July 06, 2010

Today you are going to read a shitload of articles full of mistakes. Most, if not all of them will be poorly written, confusing, and laced with bias. If you want to read anything that HEARTILY out-facts, out-thinks and outshines anything Bugliosi ever printed  about Leslie Van Houten - stay away from the mainstream news, and search for those underground bloggers and other various alternatives to your normal news to find anything other than "bitch must die" bullshit that won't get you anything worthwhile. I had to quit reading a few different articles, one of which I couldn't get more than about 1/3 of the way down. You'd think 40+ years after the fact, writers would have the wit to create a piece worthy of reading all the way through... just not sure what the heck these fools are doing -- is .0095 cents per click really worth writing complete bullshit articles?

Fat old crime writers sit in their withered black fake-leather desk chair and clank their way to yet another failed attempt to create a name or buzz or whatever sorta viral bug they think they can achieve.  Can't all these fat asses just get the hell lost?  Leave!  Enjoy retirement.  The attempt to gain a legion of people behind you must be like a really bad day hunting or fishing.  You just came home with half a squirrel or a bucket of guppies.


This will be the last we hear of Leslie, so wave and say "hello" as this psychedelic train fires up the steam engine once more -toooot toot.  Goodbye ol' fella, you're a majestic one ain't ya? 

Meanwhile, take a seat and read part 1 - part 5 of John Water's account of the friendship he built up with with Leslie.  The long-term implications being of extreme importance, particularly on a day like today. 

It's the best piece of an example of how the system could use a jolt of positivity.  The whole country could use it, and today that can be provided in the form of a shared belief that maybe, in this account, at very least, this could be a day when the public can view how a system can rehabilitate.  That's what its there for right?