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One of the dangers of blogging is writing about same topic twice with nothing new to offer. Let it be noted that my previous post about the ""Dude Abides" was about the word "Dude." Not that you would recall anyway. I barely did. This fittingly is about the abide part. The Big Lebowski is a great film and one that my wife and watch every New Years Day. An odd tradition but one that works for us. If I have to explain more about how this all connects, get with it man. On Tuesday, I was in Chicago. This t-shirt was on sale outside a store on Michigan Ave. That street is the capitalist crust for goods made in China in Chicagoland. Political patronage seems to still be thriving there too. Such a nice place and people with terribly nefarious politicians. I have no beef with Chicago...it is a great city. As far as I know, Deep Dish is still indigenous to Chicago. Sometimes it seems like all that is going to be left in the U.S. as products are Pizza. Delivery time f...

Walking to Starbucks in Laguna Niguel, this empty canister caught my eye. It looked important. As I got closer and picked it up, I saw the label said "Medical Cannabis." Hmmm....not exactly an empty aspirin bottle. I quickly chucked it into a trash can. Apparently the pot user is also a litterer, a minor crime that suggests a piggish and self-indulgent soul. With California, a state that seemingly has so much wealth is completely broke, baffles me. It makes me wonder if opening the floodgates on the distribution of marijuana is a good idea for a state that already is not living in reality. Medicine is something that should heal, not reinforce poor patterns of coping. As Pot is prescribed for psychosomatic issues (i.e. addictions), it will surely be the case that the cure shall be worse than the illness. The medical justification for marijuana is highly suspect in almost all instances. It just seems to be the back door to legalization under the auspices of prescription legiti...

Strolling through the sun-soaked town of San Gabriel we came face-to-face with this skull and crossbones. The building was the mission for the Catholic Church , harks from the 1700's in construction, and is the oldest structure in So. Cal. The verses inscribed retell the refrain of the biblical character Job. A man who endured a series of subtractions of all that makes life worth living. The Adversity Gospel. How anyone can posit Health and Wealth have to go elsewhere than the Bible for proof texts. In the end, all Job could say was, "I know that my Redeemer liveth." It is all he had. And, know this, it was more than enough.