Il Bacio (The Kiss)

Written on October 31st, 2008 & filed under Posts from Afar

judge a man, then, by that
against which he must strive
against what
if not this soft night
and the wind and sea
against the myth
he must become
and his own will

the ocean waits
to measure or to slay me
the ocean waits
and I will sail

- Webb Chiles

Written on October 26th, 2008 & filed under Posts from Afar

Interesting (and rather troubling) observation by the ACLU.

Constitution-Free Zone
http://www.aclu.org/privacy/spying/areyoulivinginaconstitutionfreezone.html

Written on October 24th, 2008 & filed under Citizen of the Earth