http://www.stephenbailey.com I like to tell people about new things I discover. Music, Art, Film, Poetry, Food, Booze, Life, Love, Fun. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:28:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/happy-zombie-jesus-day-2010/ http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/happy-zombie-jesus-day-2010/#comments Sun, 04 Apr 2010 17:00:05 +0000 Stephen Bailey http://www.stephenbailey.com/?p=11083 As he rises from the dead, we celebrate cautiously We must be certain that we can satisfy his hunger for chocolate bunnies, flavored jellybeans and peeps.]]> http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/happy-zombie-jesus-day-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/this-is-not-the-end-of-a-decade/ http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/this-is-not-the-end-of-a-decade/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:17:02 +0000 Stephen Bailey http://www.stephenbailey.com/?p=9046 You can lose the lists but keep the resolutions This is just the end of another year, not of a decade as everyone thinks.]]> http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/this-is-not-the-end-of-a-decade/feed/ 0 http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/war-is-over-if-you-want-it/ http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/war-is-over-if-you-want-it/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:00:36 +0000 Stephen Bailey http://www.stephenbailey.com/?p=8655 Can it be that simple? Yes, it really can! Toss off your prejudice, your ignorance, your hatred and open your mind, your eyes, your heart.]]> http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/war-is-over-if-you-want-it/feed/ 0 http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/dont-call-me-grinch-or-scrooge/ http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/dont-call-me-grinch-or-scrooge/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:00:29 +0000 Stephen Bailey http://www.stephenbailey.com/philosophy/122407-scrooge-grinch/ Just because I don't deck my halls Me not cluttering my life with flashy ornaments has nothing to do with any emotional deficiency.]]> http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/dont-call-me-grinch-or-scrooge/feed/ 0 http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/war-is-over/ http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/war-is-over/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:00:05 +0000 Stephen Bailey http://www.stephenbailey.com/?p=2449 ...if you want it Please go to imaginepeace.com and download 'War is Over' art. Then display it wherever you can.]]> http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/war-is-over/feed/ 0 http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/120707-war-is-over/ http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/120707-war-is-over/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:30:19 +0000 Stephen Bailey http://www.stephenbailey.com/philosophy/120707-war-is-over/ ...if you want it In celebration of John Lennon's life on tomorrow's anniversary of his death, Yoko Ono has one request. Please go to imaginepeace.com and download 'War is Over' art. Then display it wherever you can.]]> http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/120707-war-is-over/feed/ 0 http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/032007-spiritual-coincidence/ http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/032007-spiritual-coincidence/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:00:44 +0000 Stephen Bailey http://www.stephenbailey.com/philosophy/032007-spiritual-coincidence/ Why it's good to always walk with your eyes open Goldhawk Open Mic host Dave Entwistle shared an experience he had in Maui with the crowd. His story illustrated a point I all too often fail to live by. And that is, no matter where you are—around the block or across the world—travel with your eyes and mind wide open]]> http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/032007-spiritual-coincidence/feed/ 0 http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/031107-linus-religion/ http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/031107-linus-religion/#comments Sun, 11 Mar 2007 17:00:54 +0000 Stephen Bailey http://www.stephenbailey.com/philosophy/031107-linus-religion/ Imagine my surprise when I caught my cat praying Don't ask me where he got this from. Certainly not from me. But there he was deeply engrossed in a moment of prayer.]]> http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/031107-linus-religion/feed/ 0 http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/022107-ash-wednesday/ http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/022107-ash-wednesday/#comments Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:00:38 +0000 Stephen Bailey http://www.stephenbailey.com/philosophy/022107-ash-wednesday/ Why ... it's a smudge for Jesus of course! I was brought up Catholic so I’m well aware of the ritual of smearing ashes on one’s forehead to mark the beginning of Lent. The tradition of placing an ash cross on one’s forehead is meant to show a person’s identification with Jesus and mourning over his death.]]> http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/022107-ash-wednesday/feed/ 0 http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/121306-christmas-religion/ http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/121306-christmas-religion/#comments Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:00:35 +0000 Stephen Bailey http://www.stephenbailey.com/philosophy/121306-christmas-religion/ What is it exactly? Does it even exist? Really people, has the world gone completely mad? Are there actually people out there that consider symbols like Santa Claus and the Christmas tree to be religious? Apparently, yes because people get all freaked out when they see these things on government or public property, but no Menorah or other religious symbol.]]> http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/121306-christmas-religion/feed/ 0 http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/102205-specific-horoscope/ http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/102205-specific-horoscope/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2005 17:00:30 +0000 Stephen Bailey http://www.stephenbailey.com/philosophy/102205-specific-horoscope/ Telling me to look in the fridge is fairly strange indeed OK, I don't believe in this stuff but I do read the horoscopes from my cable company's website from time to time. This is because they tend to be funny. Today's was downright absurd. I really have no idea what to think of it...]]> http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/102205-specific-horoscope/feed/ 0 http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/081605-bird-shit/ http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/081605-bird-shit/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2005 17:00:06 +0000 Stephen Bailey http://www.stephenbailey.com/philosophy/081605-bird-shit/ One bird is good but what about many? If one bird shits on you it's good luck. So, to use the Bill and Ted theory of ‘heinous’ I tried to figure out how good, or bad multiple hits of shit would be.]]> http://www.stephenbailey.com/thought/philosophy/081605-bird-shit/feed/ 2