My thoughts and insights on the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence.
Philosophical thought for the day – Once you are caught eating paste, you are branded a “paste eater” for the rest of your school years. For the “word curious” – A “paste eater” in the original literal sense is a small schoolchild (usually male) who develops a fondness for the taste of the white paste traditionally
I am outraged, you are outraged, the whole damn world is outraged. The adage that “old age is an excellent time for outrage” appears to ring painfully true. I do not remember ever being outraged as a young person. The older I get, the more easily I become outraged by any person, place, action, or
What can I say about poverty? It seems to me that we all think we are poor to some extent. A wise old drunkard once told me that feeling rich is all about desiring less and not about wanting more. Desiring more and then obtaining the object of your desire makes you feel rich, for
Yogi Bear claimed to be smarter than the average bear. I am not sure that the average bear is all that smart to begin with. This was just Yogi’s way of saying that he had that special street smart edge on all those that would be out to interfere with his way of life. It
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Christmas is the only holiday that has an impact on everyone, regardless of race, creed, sex, religion, political affiliation, or dietary predisposition. You might see this as an imbecilic statement, thinking, erroneously, that it is a Christian holiday and only affects adherents to this most Americanized of religions. But you my friend would be wrong.
All of my writing starts with a thought. My thoughts today involve entering a new phase of life. That new phase revolves around retirement and the lack of constructive activities as I wind my way to the ultimate resolution of life. After spending my entire life as the slave to another master, this new phase
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Let us try a little thought experiment. We’ll call it “Thought Experiment 1”, since I am feeling particular creative today. Say that you have a neighborhood kid that rakes your leaves every year and that you pay him a whopping ten clams to do an extra good job. Suppose that you get a wonderful tax
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One of my favorite foods as wee lad was canned Chef Boyardee spaghetti and meatballs. A little research reveals that Hector Boiardi founded the company in 1928. During WWII, the company was commissioned to produce army rations. After the war, the company was sold and kept right on producing this delightful product so that the
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Philosophical observation for the day So I decide to do a little research on Count Basie. I start typing in Google “Count” and the Autocomplete in Google gives me the top picks. Count Chocula Count Dracula Count Dooku Count Olaf Count your blessing Count of Monty Cristo Count Duckula Google support gives this helpful insight
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According to astronomers there are 2 trillion galaxies in the observable universe. Of course that number is just a guesstimate, since “observable” is defined by an itsy bitsy teensy weensy yellow polka dot telescope that is careening through space above us at 4.72 miles per second. Multiplying that by the number of stars in the
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