The Loneliness of the Blue-Eyed Assassin. Tuesday, March 26, 2013. THE LONELINESS OF THE BLUE-EYED ASSASSIN. As a teenager, she was trained in martial arts by the head of an ancient cult of tattooed female assassins called the Habu Kurage, or Medusas.

As the Gospel of Joseph of Arimathea says, the boy Jesus was befriended by a dingy yellow dog with a black muzzle. Sometimes Jesus walked ahead tooting on a reed pipe, and the dog danced behind him on its hind legs. Other times, the dog led the way, barking and leaping in the dazzle of summer wheat.

Along the road he found a blind girl. Four years old, maybe, smoke-blackened in a tattered and dirty blue dress, standing under a stunted oak. He coaxed the little girl to come with him. She walked by his side, stumbling a little, clinging to the smoke-and-grease stained sleeve of his coat. Sometimes over the next few days he carried her - fording streams, for example, or hiking up steep stretches of the mountain roads. He put her on his shoulders, and she clung with both fists to his hair.

Philosophy, Motorcycles, Writing, Love, and Whatever Else Occurs to Me. Marijuana is a Dangerous Drug. With all the talk of legalizing pot in the nation today, fewer and fewer people seem to recognize the true dangers of marijuana. Voters in Colorado, Washington State, and now Washington D. Sure, they seemed happy and vital, but what about their personal growth? Plus, c.