The Kumba Mehla – and Other Supposedly Great Spiritual Things I’ll Never Do Again
For those of you who have been living in a vacuum the past couple of
months, the Kumba Mehla is a giant Hindu festival in India, held once
every 12 years in various cities along the banks of the Ganges. Called
“an ocean of humanity”, it is widely believed to be the largest
congregation of people on the planet, [...]
In the Bathhouse of Lawrence of Arabia
Dear wishers:
This little story comes from our week in Syria, and I thought it might
be a nice one. You may wish to decide if it is suitable for certain
eyes.
Aleppo is a city in Northern Syria, not too far from the Turkish border,
and it is considered one of the most authentically ancient Middle
Eastern cities still in [...]
Canadia Copper
I had a great time this week amongst the Mormon-like people of Calgary,
and the even more beautiful sites of the Canadian Rockies. The Rockies,
by the way, are primarily populated by elk, beaver, grizzly, goats,
mosquitos, 15 year old hitchhiking French Canadians looking for
adventure with 20 loonies and a napsack, and half the population of
Japan and Taiwan [...]
Oklahoma Tornado
Dear friends:
Just so you all know, I was in the tornado in Oklahoma. I had a show in
Tulsa, was in the middle of “Lost Worlds” (ironically the destruction of
Beirut sequences) when a stage hand told me quietly that a tornado was
bearing down on the auditorium and I was not to tell the audience or
panic anyone, [...]
