by support@blacktuskweb.com | Mar 26, 2015 | Uncategorized
Two border officers on the other side of the counter made comments and asked questions for forty-five minutes. The longer it went, the worse I felt. I was told my American girlfriend gave reason to think I might stay in America and work. I was fingerprinted and asked...
by support@blacktuskweb.com | Apr 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
There is no greater vanity than to value things for what they are called rather than for what they are. However, every age produces the kind of man who pays more attention to appearances than to facts.” (Vasari, Lives of the Artists, 1568) ...
by support@blacktuskweb.com | Mar 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
If one walks the Roman Via Sacra down from the Capitoline Hill and to the east, there is a round stump of brick and mortar. To the left is the Curia, the meeting place of the Senate originally built by Julius Caesar. The Rostra, where important announcements were once...
by support@blacktuskweb.com | Mar 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
I almost hurt myself in an S-curve on 8th Avenue that curls up through a ravine just east of 192nd Street. It is the best set of corners for ten kilometers in any direction. I had ridden cruisers on that road before, Yamahas and Harley’s that rolled at their own pace...
by support@blacktuskweb.com | Feb 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
Who have I followed blindly? I journeyed to Mumbai to meet a man who led a group of eighty disgruntled souls into a community of three hundred thousand people committed to service and growth. I wanted to know how he did it. He sent his driver to fetch us. As I waited...
by support@blacktuskweb.com | Feb 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
I had an emotional workout yesterday as well. I pulled towards hope and strained with disappointment. I pushed back in conflict and hung on with perseverance. I can feel it today. If life isn’t getting any easier, I want to get stronger. Do emotional muscles get sore,...
