The Thing About Mushrooms
Yesterday, a friend of mine told me about how she had a flashback. It happened at work. I was concerned for her. These things affect how we perceive the world. It happened, however, when she had to get stuff done. I’m not going to get into how bad it was for her. So, you know … Continue reading
What, if Anything, are We Entitled to?
I was taking a look at a piece concerning meritocracy, https://getpocket.com/explore/item/a-belief-in-meritocracy-is-not-only-false-it-s-bad-for-you?utm_source=pocket-newtab, just now. The author, Clifton Mark, contends that meritocracy is not only what most people think we live, or should live, under, but that it is bad for us. He makes a good point.He starts off with how it takes a sort of personality … Continue reading
How Important is the Worst Case Scenario?
It doesn’t take much effort to find somebody who thinks that the stock market is going to fall apart. Or that believes that the world is run by one class of ruling elite or another, having designs upon us commoners. Aside from the obvious narcissism involved in expecting the rest of the world to accept … Continue reading
Your Sins are Forgiven
When I was going to the park today I chanced by the local video store. Yes, we still have one of those in my neighborhood. The front of the place is covered in movie adverts and other kinds of posters for upcoming concerts and events. There was also a marriage notice, for the gay owners … Continue reading
Conspiracy Everywhere
I like to read the comments posted after articles. Often, this tells me as much about the subject as anything the author might have said. This is especially so when articles are the equivalent of column fill. Sadly, this is increasingly the state of modern journalism in the face of the declining standards that poorer … Continue reading
What is Freedom?
I’m writing this in the aftermath of the vote in the UK to exit the European Union. This isn’t the only political act of separation that stirs the world these days. There are plenty of more minor examples of various regions in the world that all want some level of autonomy that rings better for … Continue reading
Which Way to the Kingdom?
So there is this county clerk in Kentucky who won’t issue marriage licenses to gay couples. It is the law of the land, but she says that she won’t do it because it is against her religion. I say, where is your particular kingdom, woman? Is it of this earth, of the United States, of … Continue reading
Build This Ship to Wreck
Yesterday I was stuck in traffic on the same stretch of road for the umpteenth time on my way to work. I have this problem every day that I have to use this way to get out of town and onto the freeway at this particular time. This time I felt more put upon than … Continue reading
Whence Comes Law
Yesterday, June 21st, 2015, I went to my local park. I often go to the park, but this day was different. Yesterday was the annual gay pride parade, which starts at my local park and goes to other places in my city. It starts at my park because the park has an inner ring road … Continue reading
What is Good?
When looking through the channels Sunday morning, I get over the air reception, I decided to see what some of the more obscure looking ones were. There was a lot of church stuff on. One of the obscure channels had a program where a man said something akin to, “You see this pattern over and … Continue reading
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