My thoughts and insights on the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence.
Much like the Israelites and the Palestinians, kids have been battling each other over territory, perceived differences in beliefs, or group leadership since the beginning of time. Such was the case in my little neighborhood. Herein I would like to tell the tale of a certain rock throwing incident. This incident was to have repercussions […]
The Rock Chucking Incident Read More »
I’ve always thought of myself as a very dependable person and have prided myself on it throughout my working career. Recent circumstance, retirement, long time friendships, and the corona virus pandemic have brought me to the realization that no one is dependable. You can’t count on one fucking person to follow through on any commitment
Dependability is Job One Read More »
A bit of stoic philosophy for you from one of the great stoic philosophers The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control. Where then
Pain is Just Weakness Leaving Your Body Read More »
I always thought that there must be some secret handshake to enter the kingdom of “The Cool Kids”. I never did figure out the secret code. Nevertheless I persisted. Your experience may be similar, and it is possible that I am internalizing a feeling that I had as an insecure teenage boy. It may be
Nevertheless, I Persisted Read More »
There is a period in every young boy’s life in which he transitions from childhood into young adulthood. I can only assume that this is true, since it was my experience. That transition typically happens when the young boy discovers girls, booze, drugs, or a completely different set of friends. This experience is accelerated by
Transitioning to Greatness Read More »
If you travel down the main arterial that goes through my home town, you would think that it has always been a thriving metropolis, of sorts. It looks like any other little suburb with a shopping mall and eleventy four different varieties of fast food, hair salons, clothing stores, and the like. Long before there was a
I don’t see anyone flying them anymore, kites that is. The most probable reason is that we are all obsessed with sitting around on our fat arses, living vicarious lives on sundry electronic gadgets. You may doubt my conclusions, so let us assess the data. From 1940 to about 1980 there were around ten or
Go Fly a Kite, Would Ya? Read More »
Back in the 70’s, kids were allowed to engage in all sorts of pyrotechnical activities with no supervision and with little or no repercussion. We could walk into any hobby store and buy Estes rocket engines, various flammable liquids, dynamite fuse, and Testors glue. No one asked us if we were 18 or 21. No
Now I am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds Read More »
The whole damn world has gone nuts. Things that I thought were accepted principles have been thrown out the window. These fundamental changes in belief systems and accepted principles seem to have been triggered by the current Corona Virus pandemic that is sweeping the world.
Black is White and Up is Now Down Read More »
Can a dog be mentally ill? I don’t know, but I can say that there was a dog in our neighborhood that would have made a great clinical study. The dog belonged to the Locatelli family and thus was given the unfortunate name of “Locky”. I will herein attempt to walk through a study of
