various ruminations

Swiss-Miss has the most creative blog I have found in the web. Always a joy and an ode to human creativity. I found this underground house on the blog as well as a myriad of other fantastic ideas ranging from the silly to the historical.

The Onion's 5th top ten stories of the last 4.5 billion years is titled "Sumerians Look On In Confusion As God Creates World" which took place in 3991 and I quote "I do not understand," reads an ancient line of pictographs depicting the sun, the moon, water, and a Sumerian who appears to be scratching his head. "A booming voice is saying, 'Let there be light,' but there is already light. It is saying, 'Let the earth bring forth grass,' but I am already standing on grass."

Whether one agrees or disagrees with Castro's running of Cuba, one has to recognize his intellectual prowess. Monthly Review publishes his ongoing comments of actuality. A different perspective.