Quis hic locus, quae regio, quae mundi plaga? ubi sum? sub ortu solis, an sub cardine glacialis ursae?

for a contest on the Rachel Maddow show.  Hopefully it will be on tv.  Keep your fingers crossed.

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more,

-Lord Byron

ensemble pour les services publics

When Montrealers are angry, they come out in loud numbers.

Sometimes I forget

to be grateful for my urban playground.

Every night, I see the cross from my window.

Einstein once described himself as “a deeply religious nonbeliever.”

I can relate to his description.  Religion fascinates me, but

I do not have one.