Tag: Brazil

  • Udo Luckner, High Priest of the Roncador

    As much as I adore learning about the lunatic fringe, I was kind of shocked that I had never heard of this character before.

  • 20,528 Karma Bombs in Two Minutes

    Born in 1800’s America, I’d have been an abolitionist. That is, if I were lucky enough to be a member of the upper class, rather than dying at the age of 25 while working some nasty, brutish factory job for 100 hours a week, while pregnant for the 6th time. What a difference time and…

  • Riding the Planet

    Today is my birthday, and yesterday, my grandnephew Carter was born. Naturally, this has given me ample opportunity to compare our two situations. Having spent almost half a century on this planet, you might think I know a thing or two, and I suppose I do. I can pat my head and rub my stomach…