T_P_K Thu, 28 Aug 2025 06:09:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/www.urantiansojourn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-MEOTPT-e1533940058163.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 T_P_K 32 32 2978813 The Blind Leading The Blind https://www.urantiansojourn.com/2021/12/the-blind-leading-the-blind-2/ https://www.urantiansojourn.com/2021/12/the-blind-leading-the-blind-2/#comments Sat, 25 Dec 2021 17:41:35 +0000 https://www.urantiansojourn.com/?p=34921 Nameless despair is man’s only reward for living and toiling under the temporal sun of mortal existence. Am I right?

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]]> https://www.urantiansojourn.com/2021/12/the-blind-leading-the-blind-2/feed/ 1 34921 The Central Scrrrrewwwwwwwwwwtinizer https://www.urantiansojourn.com/2020/12/the-central-scrrrrewwwwwwwwwwtinizer/ https://www.urantiansojourn.com/2020/12/the-central-scrrrrewwwwwwwwwwtinizer/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2020 19:35:43 +0000 https://www.urantiansojourn.com/?p=13515 For my money, or the lack thereof, no Zappa character says Zappa to me like "The Central Scrutinizer," the narrator on Joe's Garage (November, 1979). It's Zappa in snarky hyperbolic perfection, introducing himself as the enforcer of laws that haven't been passed yet, and the messenger of the dangers of that horrible force called MUSIC. . .

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]]> https://www.urantiansojourn.com/2020/12/the-central-scrrrrewwwwwwwwwwtinizer/feed/ 10 13515 WARSHED IN THE G-DAM BLOOD OF THE CANOLA VIRUSS https://www.urantiansojourn.com/2020/03/warshed-in-the-g-dam-blood-of-the-canola-viruss/ https://www.urantiansojourn.com/2020/03/warshed-in-the-g-dam-blood-of-the-canola-viruss/#respond Wed, 25 Mar 2020 21:26:19 +0000 https://www.urantiansojourn.com/?p=41860 Don't be let nobody stop y'all from goin' tah Church! 

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]]> https://www.urantiansojourn.com/2020/03/warshed-in-the-g-dam-blood-of-the-canola-viruss/feed/ 0 41860 Why I Am No Longer Atheist. https://www.urantiansojourn.com/2020/01/atheist/ https://www.urantiansojourn.com/2020/01/atheist/#respond Wed, 08 Jan 2020 06:00:55 +0000 https://www.urantiansojourn.com/?p=34622 My days as an atheist started in Đà Nẵng Harbor on my 21st birthday.  I was in what the Navy considered a war zone, and was clearly feeling reckless. It was as good a time as any to stop believing in a benevolent infinite being watching my every move from outer space.

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]]> https://www.urantiansojourn.com/2020/01/atheist/feed/ 0 34622 TRUMP FORECAST NOW THREATENS ENTIRE NATION https://www.urantiansojourn.com/2019/09/trump-forecast-threatens-nation/ https://www.urantiansojourn.com/2019/09/trump-forecast-threatens-nation/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2019 17:51:55 +0000 https://www.urantiansojourn.com/?p=41811 Trump's Trump Forecast?? It now appears the president is forecasting his own volatile and out-of-control rage on the entire nation.

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]]> https://www.urantiansojourn.com/2019/09/trump-forecast-threatens-nation/feed/ 0 41811 You Poor Bastard. https://www.urantiansojourn.com/2019/08/that-poor-bastard/ https://www.urantiansojourn.com/2019/08/that-poor-bastard/#comments Wed, 21 Aug 2019 22:15:56 +0000 https://www.urantiansojourn.com/?p=14256 I first read The Catcher in the Rye in 1961.  It was nothing I had to do, I think some girl I wanted to go out with told me to read a goddam book once in awhile if I didn't want to turn into a poor dumb bastard.  So I read one. 
It made me want to write.

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]]> https://www.urantiansojourn.com/2019/08/that-poor-bastard/feed/ 6 14256 Riding Easy, Riding Forever. https://www.urantiansojourn.com/2019/08/riding-easy-riding-forever/ https://www.urantiansojourn.com/2019/08/riding-easy-riding-forever/#respond Sun, 18 Aug 2019 19:12:06 +0000 https://www.urantiansojourn.com/?p=41591 "You know I smoked a lotta grass. Oh Lord!  I popped a lot of pills. But I never touched nothin' that my spirit could kill."  — Easy Rider

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