This site is a gathering of words, essays, and other musings that in the past would have been published on the printed page. Alas, it is now here to be caressed with a cold, hard mouse and plastic keys.   

Peace, Attila.

DHARMA beat - A Jack Kerouac Website

Dedicated to all things Kerouac: with a calendar of Kerouac and beat events; Kerouac articles of interest; and with a links page to other Kerouac websites.

Dharma beat Links - Jack Kerouac

Mr. Kurt Vonnegut Page

Collectible and modern First Editions

Buying and Selling vintage, rare, and out of print books. Peruse through over 1,000 collectible and uncommon books by Kerouac, Vonnegut, Brautigan, vintage paperbacks, and Armed Services Editions.

Bridgefest - The Annual Flying Saucer Contest pitting Aliens against Humans. Takes place the third Saturday of August (August 16, 2008). The place: Earth; at the old Bridgeville bridge, Bridgeville, California, USA (yes it is a real place, just look it up on the Internet, or fly up Highway 36 and see for yourself).

Mr. Hat goes to Hungary, click here.

He visits Budapest, Kaposvar and Pecs. He hangs out on the Danube River (called the Duna in Hungarian), and drink palinka (but not the Unicum). (photos)

Take the Inka trail to Machu Picchu - Travel with Mr. Hat to Peru, a great place to visit. (photos)

President Bush does not cut and run, he stays the course. A look at Bush and Cheney as retold through a classic folk tale.

 http://www.notonemore.us/staythecourse.htm

Looking for real estate?

If you are looking for real estate services on Highway 36, from Bridgeville to Mad River to Ruth Lake, California, Ann Matula Gyenis can help (yes, my wife). See listings of land, houses, and maybe an occasional town for sale. Yes, Bridgeville, CA is for sale, again. $1.3 million dollars. Are you looking for a town to buy? Her website is here - http://www.highway36.com/ 

 Words  - Personal musings, words, poetry and poetic, and other thoughts and ramblings  

Words and Poetics -  a gathering of words, stories, writings, some political, and some just an attempt at being poetic.

Articles and essays:

The Democratic Party goes on the Yellow Brick Road (again) - if they only had a heart, a brain, and a little courage.

Not One More! - Not one more unnecessary death in Iraq, not one more day. Stand up and be counted. Demand that your elected officials stand up and be counted. End the occupation, US out of Iraq. Take the Pledge for Peace.

Dis-civil Obedience - If you are obedient to a government that is acting in a way that is not beneficial to society (civilization), you are practicing dis-civil obedience (by Attila Gyenis).

Words Have Meaning - People have a responsibility to say what they mean, and mean what they say. To accomplish this, words cannot be allowed to change their meaning midstream. Are we going to let Bush's lies go unchallenged?

How in the world is anybody still sitting on that fence? - A look at how anybody could still not realize that the president is lying about the war by Attila Gyenis (and inspired by Cindy Sheehan).

http://www.wordsareimportant.com/cindysheehan.htm - Hypocrites and Liars by Cindy Sheehan

Life Is Beautiful -  A look at the liberation of Iraq

You can only achieve peace when you have justice.

And you can't have justice if it is based on lies.

Political Rantings - these may be outdated, they were written before the 2004 elections-

Don't Fear Nader - Fear the end of basic Democratic Principles brought to you courtesy of the Democratic Party Leadership