This is water….. Short version: Life is what happens when you are annoyed and think time is being wasted. If you can truly live in those moments without judgement, you are just KILLING it. For real. (more…)
Questioning Ted Talks? After De Grey, then Lisi…. are they smart or smart sounding?
I wrote this around the time it was debunked (since then, a thorough debunking, somewhat rough for Garrett, popped up: http://motls.blogspot.com/2007/11/exceptionally-simple-theory-of.html)Â – “Did (more…)
10 arbitrary rules to live by. These aren’t set in stone, but they’re infallible. FISHBITS’ COMMANDMENTS:
TL;DR = LOOK AT THE BEAUTY IN LIFE – as suggested by a 109 year old Holocaust Survivor: “I know about the bad things, but I look to the good things.“ Alice Herz-Sommer I was (more…)
Truth? It’s quite depressing that it’s less complex than you had hoped… 9/11 Truthers
Hi. I am a skeptic. I appreciate thoughtful, rigorous critical thought. Every once inawhile, I fall into the trap of engaging or chatting up these conspiracy theorists, and constantly realize *I* am the (more…)
Collectivist Super-consciousness & Anonymous, vs. Consumerism, & the decline of Privacy & Individualism (& the Century of the Self)
This is a fascinating read….. http://www.technollama.co.uk/anonymous-and-the-decline-of-individualism “Just because you have 40 colors of the same shoe to pick from doesn’t make you an individual.” (more…)
emotional states
It’s funny because I thought of you yesterday. I was wondering if you listen to as much NPR as me, and how your year might be going GREAT and you are gittin hitched and life is happening to you and although (more…)
A harsh but honest obituary for Christopher Hitchens inspired a bit of a ramble of my own….
I rambled this off after reading this Economist Obit. Â Just a few sentences hit my brainpan…… Brazen and unapologetic, brilliant and engaging… with a soft spot for the warmth of friends. (more…)
Protected: The Password is the name of the Fear song, all one word, about this time of year.
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Sunsets
This comment is in response to a wonderful friend’s musing on Sunsets and religious interpretation vs atheism……. —————— “You realize that the sun does not go down, it’s just an illusion (more…)