My thoughts on religion, the roots thereof, and some of the truth, humor, and silliness that can be enjoyed from its practice.
I keep seeing various yo-yos showing up on TED and YouTube with self applied titles of “Futurist”. Where does one go to get schooled in the Futuristic Arts? I want to attain such notoriety, but know not the path to enlightenment. After much contemplation regarding my habits and proclivities, a question comes to my mind […]
I would like to propose a new school of philosophy based upon ideas expressed in the 1994 comedy, Forrest Gump. Note that there was also a book by Winston Groom entitled Forrest Gump which I do intend to read some day, but being the simple lazy ass man that I am, I shall use the
I read this article in The Atlantic the other day. About halfway through, I ran upon the following section which I think does aptly capture the gist, at least for me it did. Musk’s moral idea goes by the name longtermism, which he has called “a close match to my philosophy.” This reductio ad absurdum
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Lately, I’ve been having these odd, harmlessly dystopian thoughts. You know, the kind where you fantasize about waking up in a completely changed world. Not like a “new job, new car, new hairline” kind of changed. More like “everyone has calmed down, politics aren’t blood sport, and people at Thanksgiving actually talk to each other”
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We need to talk about this living legend thing. I mean really, there are those that are remembered and have a legacy that will extend to the ends of humankind. Neil Armstrong, Abe Lincoln, Hank Aaron, Big Bird, Johnny Cash, Madeleine Albright, Ray Charles, Winston Churchill, and Julia Child all made it, why can’t I?
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Why is man born to suffer and die? This question has been asked by every philosopher, preacher, pauper, player, pilgrim, and partner since the dawn of man’s ability to think such thoughts. Well, lemetellya, last night as I was sleeping off a couple of shots of bourbon that I had recently consumed, the possibility of
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Grover Valentine was the second wisest man that ever lived. I know this for certain, because Solomon asked God for a discerning heart to distinguish between right and wrong. God answered and said “I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there ever be”. So since
I have recently been informed by my barber that Satan hissef has taken over the Democratic party as well as Bill Gates. They are, in fact, actively working to undermine the current administration. I was also told that Donald J Trump was chosen by God hissef to implement God’s will on Earth. Now that there
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I am not, nor have I ever been a believer in the Bigfoot mythology. Now, I have heard the rumors, seen the videos, read the articles, watched the reality shows, and heard the long winded explanations of the vast mountain of evidence for the existence of a large furry ape like creature that lives either
So, I have been trying to figure this terrorist thing out. Generally speaking, everything we do has a purpose, so there must be a purpose to what these nitwits are doing. I must assume that the purpose is to convince others to take some action. What doesn’t seem to make sense to me is that
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