http://www.giveyoujoy.net/ "Give you joy!" contains blogs and other writing covering spiritual matters, family, the natural world, peace, politics, laughter and foreign affairs. This page is a guide to all that's new - and a little that's old - on this site. en-us 2005-05-27T08:11:34-05:00 http://www.giveyoujoy.net/001614.html As many of you know I've escaped the fantasy world of political teeth-gnashing and leaped with both feet into the real world of astronomy. As you may not know - but might have guessed - I've created a blog called... Greg Stone 2005-05-27T08:11:34-05:00 http://www.giveyoujoy.net/001600.html On a local scale I'm getting my kick out of the New England Patriots these days. They are, IMHO, simply the best professional team of any sport I have seen in my life - and I've watched a lot. And... Greg Stone 2005-01-22T03:38:54-05:00 http://www.giveyoujoy.net/001597.html It's certainly driving me crazy that we can find $200 billion to use to kill innocent people, get out own people killed, destroy a country, and make enemies. But we can't even find a single billion to save lives, help... Greg Stone 2005-01-06T02:59:25-05:00 http://www.giveyoujoy.net/001593.html My tolerance for the news lately is minimal, but events still bother me deeply and it felt good to write this piece - December questions - which appeared on the Op Ed page of the New Bedford Standard-Times today -... Greg Stone 2004-12-16T10:02:37-05:00 http://www.giveyoujoy.net/001590.html Chris Hedges has written the best piece on this war and the journalists who report it that I have seen anywhere. I have not said this before, but this I believe is must reading. Simply no one knows war nor... Greg Stone 2004-12-03T11:08:51-05:00 http://www.giveyoujoy.net/001588.html This story is no turkey - quite the opposite, it is a wonderful story of one of those small, unimportant things that can happen in a war zone - and restore your faith in the human race. See: http://www.giveyoujoy.net/us/001587.html... Greg Stone 2004-11-26T07:48:43-05:00 http://www.giveyoujoy.net/001584.html I haven't forgotten the election - but I have recovered a chunk of my other life, so I am back to being more fascinated with the night sky than the political maneuverings of people. Still, you can find a brief... Greg Stone 2004-11-10T07:30:56-05:00 http://www.giveyoujoy.net/001572.html Morning update Kerry has not conceded Ohio. If he wins Ohio, he wins the election. It's that simple.But he is behind by a large margin - 138,152 votes. That's far too great for a normal recount. But the wildcard... Greg Stone 2004-11-03T01:10:23-05:00 http://www.giveyoujoy.net/001571.html OK - I'm still adding election news - fraud and stuff and useful sites - to US and the World and I do plan to be on AIM tonight hoping some other Kerry supporters are around wanting to chat as... Greg Stone 2004-11-02T14:46:13-05:00 http://www.giveyoujoy.net/001564.html Current Electoral Vote Predictor 2004 Well, the electoral vote predictor is looking good - Kerry 298 Bush 231 but it's based on a lot of races that are really too close to call. That aside, I suggest that this site... Greg Stone 2004-11-01T14:39:00-05:00 http://www.giveyoujoy.net/001555.html Actually I've been doing a lot of things other than focusing on the election. I watched the lunar eclipse and took photos. (I didn't like the way they turned out, but I loved the eclipse.) I watched the Red Sox... Greg Stone 2004-10-30T07:25:16-05:00 http://www.giveyoujoy.net/001439.html Check out Natural High for the latest on Jeanne - including a stunning eye-wall photograph from inside the eye. (Thanks Bruce!) Then come back to earth for some views on Iraq, Bush, the election - and what the press isn't... Greg Stone 2004-09-25T05:38:43-05:00 http://www.giveyoujoy.net/001418.html Ivan is 24 hours away from possibly causing the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States - but forecasters say it will turn to the right (east) at the last minute and thus spare New Orleans the... Greg Stone 2004-09-15T05:12:30-05:00 http://www.giveyoujoy.net/001376.html (Click for larger images.) This is the 50th anniversary of Hurricane Carol, so my Hurricane Carol site is drawing attention big time. It took 50 years, but the Providence Journal - the newspaper I delivered as a boy -... Greg Stone 2004-08-31T05:19:53-05:00 http://www.giveyoujoy.net/001344.html A couple days ago I put up the Reverend Al Sharpton's prepared remarks for the Democratic National Convention, but mentioned I could not find a transcript of what he actually said. See, what he said was more than twice as... Greg Stone 2004-07-31T05:33:19-05:00