Tim Høiland

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Entries from August 22nd, 2007

History in the making at the coffee bar.

August 22nd, 2007 · Comments Off · Misc.

From across the coffee shop, I observe a middle-aged woman with dark-rimmed glasses and a button-down blouse. After ordering an in-house mug and a scone, or whatever middle-aged women eat for breakfast, she goes over to the counter with the five different pots of coffee, takes a step back to compensate for her now-less-than-perfect eyesight, [...]

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The sound of man worshiping his maker.

August 19th, 2007 · Comments Off · Faith & Spirituality

“Creed” by Steve Turner This is the creed I have written on behalf of all us. We believe in Marxfreudanddarwin We believe everything is OK as long as you don’t hurt anyone, to the best of your definition of hurt, and to the best of your knowledge. We believe in sex before, during, and after [...]

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Light in the Asphalt Jungle

August 18th, 2007 · Comments Off · Faith & Spirituality

an important poem by Vincent Harding I I had a dream. And I saw a city, A city that rose up out of the crust of the earth. And it’s streets were paved with asphalt, And a river of dirty water ran down along it’s curbs. It was a city And its people knew no [...]

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