When I first met Adano Ley (Swami Nitty-Gritty), he told Margaret Berry, "Gutenberg's assistant has returned." Years later, I found the name of "Gutenberg's most trusted assistant" in the Kilgore College Library. <> Adano claimed I am the reincarnation of Peter Schoffer (1425?-1502), Gutenb... Read More

I love the taste of meat, but till I can eat dogs and cats and moles, I'm abstaining. I look into their effing eyes and I see myself. That's a bad trait for a soldier, according to James Jones in a book that intrigued me in my teens — From Here to Eternity. <> Reading books in high sch... Read More

Q — What's the pupil focus method to use convex vision? A — Look THROUGH a wall instead of AT it. According to Adano Ley (Swami Nitty-Gritty), "You already look through solid objects — the ones made of glass. Look through the wall the same way." So, Adano had us sit down and look thro... Read More

Dr. Emanuel Revici classified the rare earth metals (transition metals, including the lanthanides and the actinides) as either catabolic or anabolic. CERIUM (6th period, submorphologic and chromosomal sap level) and THORIUM (7th period, primary even submolecular level) are catabolic. PRASEODYM... Read More

Steve Shiver introduced me to Carl Schade the night I first met Swami Nitty-Gritty. Carl asked Adano about a friend's health challenges. Adano asked Carl what color predominated in his friend's wardrobe. "Brown," replied Carl, and Adano discoursed about brown's relationship to "attachment," a ... Read More