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i have talked about the burning of the book, revolution rapture, by fanatics in oregon. free-thinking is not alive and well in america. it is the 50th anniversary of the first reading of "howl" by allen ginsberg, arguably the most important american poem of the 20th century. the trial for pornography that resulted from its publication changed the face of literature forever... though not necessarily for the better. now, fifty years later, that same poem being read on the radio would elicit so many fines the radio station would be put out of business. literary-nazism has stuck this country in the sanitary mud of the mccarthy era. producers of the tv show, family guy, admit the restrictions for broadcast media are getting tighter. on the other hand, it is the 800th anniversary of the birthday of rumi, the most published poet at this moment in time. celebrations to commemorate his birthday are planned all over the world. if you have not experienced the work of rumi AND the work of ginsberg, get yourself to a literate bookstore now. i am producing a small handmade book of poetry called body of water. it will be letterpress printed in berkeley and assembled with original art and fine details. the edition of 50 will presale for $100 each. reserve your copy now. i will also be on the radio ~ internet radio where you can say whatever you like ~ this saturday evening at 7 pm. bbsradio.com, station 1, a fireside chat with the zany mystic. tune in to liberate your mind.

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san jose was a wonderful, tiring, too short trip this past labor day weekend to celebrate with steve. today is his birthday but when you have a brain tumor you dont put things on hold. he looks great. he seems great. the tumor is reduced over 75% and the current reading has the doctors in shock. doctors should be in shock more. there is no prognosis ~ nobody knows what to say ~ so he and martha have trips planned to the east coast and europe and everywhere in the next few months. god bless them. i came home with an ear infection. water from swimming in hawaii and pressure from several plane rides did a little magic in my right ear. im working on it. but its just one more thing ~ i seem to be high maintenence right now. chase bank notified the dmv that i have no insurance on the leased vehicle that was returned over two months ago. chase bank is a dirty "see you next tuesday". i wrote a letter to both the dmv and chase. the financial supervisors from chase bank have never returned the phone calls to them to resolve this matter. is it over a month now? lawyers i contacted to help with the matter have never called back or returned calls. part of the stress of this situation is that nothing ever works. i feel like im the only person who speaks my language and everyone else is just smiling and nodding and then doing nothing. i have art coming up for sale at three auctions in the next six weeks. there seem to be issues with each of them but the most concern is with david ragos craftsman auction because the contract doesnt seem correct to me. i called his assistant last week but havent gotten a call back yet. im gonna need to step up the feng shui voodoo ~ especially for communication. o yeah and the head of the salem witch trial book burning of zero ones "revolution rapture" (my abstract drawings are on the covers and inside pages) has been harassing me. how can such a couple of great months be so bad?

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Revolution Rapture by Zero One is a book of ideas that will rock your world, will shatter your concept of reality, will open your eyes to another perspective. it is anarchy and it is redemptive. AND IT IS BEING BURNED! i thought salem oregon was a university town but maybe thats eugene, i thought it was an intelligent state ~ it has the largest bookstore there (powell's in portalnd refused to carry my books but now has used copies ~ new ones i sent for approval ~ for sale on their website) i thought it was idyllic... but it is actually medieval. salem oregon is the center of the new dark ages! revolution rapture was burned in a fit of pique as blasphemous and unbecoming a gentleman... or something like that. go to lulu.com/zeroone to order a copy before its banned completely.

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hawaii was a dream. im usually ready to be home after six days on a trip but ten in kauai wasnt enough. the super inter-island ferry launched the day before i returned home but had to return to the kauai port on its maiden voyage because a blockade of surfers and swimmers halted its passage. environmental concerns. this comes at the same time a study is released that says america is the most armed country in the world ~ there are ninety guns for every 100 people in the united states... and those are only the legal ones! well i dont have a gun... and those surfers werent packing! so somebody has quite an arsenal! i suppose its best i dont have a gun since im still dealing with the frustrating nonsense of chase bank and power volvo. i could have a twinkie moment! just as an update on the car lease mess: the "see-you-next-tuesday" supervisor(s) from chase bank who were supposed to return a call within 48 hours still have not called two weeks later. they did however notify the dmv that the volvo is not insured... so i am in more trouble EVEN THOUGH I DO NOT HAVE THIS CAR ~ IT WAS RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP THREE MONTHS AGO. warning: do not lease a car. do not deal with power volvo or any other power car dealership. do not deal with chase bank. the better business bureau is investigating. im having computer troubles and clarice hasnt shown up to fix them yet so i better upload this before we freeze and crash. and burn. o btw: i must really be getting on to some important stuff ~ my books are being burned!