Yes, dear Prophets, here's an opportunity that should not be missed. Marko is flying to America and will be within reach of your boots for a time.

I'm going to be mostly hanging out in Madison Wisconsin through the first week in July but I thought I'd head down to Wayne on June 22nd and catch pastordan's Sunday show. 9 am Sunday services.

Fair warning eh PD?

Promoted by Rain until after the Vigil

Hiya folks, yer ole pal Marko here slappin' ya upside the head with a heapin' pie-tin of nonsense.

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living.
-Theodor Seuss Geisel

Let's all take the good doctor's recommended medicine and get to work shall we?

A few (very few) folks around here expressed interest in seeing some of my vacation pictures from my camping trip to the scenic Fatra mountains of Slovakia. I've squashed the pictures down to reasonable web proportions. Nothing over 50kb is the guideline used over at dKos and seeing as we're riding piggy-back on kos's server it's the polite thing to do. Still, I've got over 30 pictures...

If you've got a problem with fluffy little diaries with lots of pictures just pass on by. Looking at someone else's vacation pictures is one of the items not covered by the Geneva Conventions yet-- But if you're in the mood for a pine-scented peek at a beautiful part of our planet then I'll dim the lights and get started.

I come back from my vacation to find icky abortion discussions in my diary. And the diaries section is just filling up with the vomitous subject. Oog and sheesh... I couldn't stand to soil my nice little vacation diary by joining in the endless discussion of the abundantly stupid subject of abortion. And it's way too late to toss Fleetguy a troll rating for an off subject diary hijack and one terrible (despite the cuteness it's creepy) picture in a diary that was going to be strictly light and fuzzy.

Sigh, thanks to the others for paying attention and tossing some kibble out for the cat. Nice to come back home to find something tasty in my bowl. But, before I start digging through my vacation pics and start posting some thank yous for the thoughtful comments, I have this awful, rancid, old abortion hairball to hack up and spit at you all...

I'm going to be absent from SP for two weeks. I'm going camping in a lovely area of Slovakia known for its hot springs and rocky woodlands.

I thought about how much of this little SP community life of mine I miss when I take off for just a weekend and I had an idea for a different kind of Diary...

I once wrote that I'd post some photographs from this amazing city that I live in. These are just a few scraps that I had lying around turned into scrawny little JPEG files so don't start drooling. Of course, before I begin I should give the usual disclaimer to discourage tourism. We do seem to have more than our share of pickpockets, trash and spittle covered sidewalks, vandalism, car theft, dishonest cab drivers, and deeply ingrained racism. Our politicians however, are no dumber or uglier than anyone else's.

Could somebody get the lights?  

A comment by Pyesetz the Jewdog on a recent, um... very recent, post by dsjwriter got me started on a comment and I decided I'd rather toss it into a diary of its own and let everyone play with it instead of hijacking dsjwriter's good works... or to pretend that it really has all that much to do with the Jewdog's comment.

The comment and my thoughts below:

This started as a mere comment to JCHFleetguy's recent Secularism vs Pluralism diary but then it just got away from me so I thought I'd catch it and give it a cage of its own to snarl in.

Oh, and in case any sensitive skinned types get the impression that I've gone all anti-religion on you--

Happy Valentine's Day.
Much love to you all.
- Marko

Promoted by Wolfie : As a Street Prophet and atheist, Marko is well-positioned to discuss atheism. Besides, arguments are faaaaaaar more entertaining when delivered by a large, indigenous feline all puffed out'n'bristling, sporting a bottle-brush tail whilst dancing sideways and hissing ... <C-T G>

Update [2007-1-29 8:34:34 by Marko]: What a cool surprise! I hadn't expected to see my furry face on the front page. Although by now I've slid off into oblivion. I've written much better stuff. I really shouldn't just keep laughing at Wolfie's intro and get to expanding and replying.

Remember before the days of the internet when there were only the annual barrages of billboards and full page newspaper ads imploring us to "Keep the 'Christ' in Christmas"? Well, here's a diary entry about how my family celebrated Christmas without Christ and how I now celebrate Vánoce... which is the Czech word for Christmas. You'll note that the Czech word for "Christ" , Kristus is somehow missing from Vánoce. Not that he doesn't put in an appearance-- it's just that you might not recognize him...

Remembering... and forgetting. The rattling, ricketty train of thought of Marko.

All aboard!