Silent Servants...

Silent Servants...

... of the Used, Abused, and Utterly Screwed Up.

A Secular Franciscan looks at the world...
with a more jaundiced eye than ever...
and lots of ellipses for you to fill in the missing text...
(with thanks to Thomas S. Klise for the title)



Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Today


in 1826, Mr. Samuel Morey, an American, received a patent for a 'gas or vapor engine', the Internal Combustion Engine, the first step in true powered mechanization and, alas, the first step in the serious destruction of the planet's environment...

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