Neil Gaiman and Harper Collins have made one of Neil's novels available to read online, completely free, for a short period (I think they said about a month, but I could be wrong). This is meant to be an introduction to his work for those people who've never read anything by him before. He had a vote amongst his fans to see which of his works is ( Read more... )

You know what I just don't understand? The desire for inebriation ( Read more... )

What is it about desolate ruins that appeals to me? I'm not sure, but I find the prospect of derelict, falling apart places to be exciting in a major way. It doesn't even matter what kind of ruins. I saw a video that was filmed in a rusty old boxcar that was just sitting on a set of abandoned tracks, amid some rusty old debris. The little child ( Read more... )

What are your dreams ( Read more... )

People often ask me why I choose not to breed. I often hear things like "You'd make a great parent!" and "Kids are so much fun ( Read more... )

So what I don't understand is this ( Read more... )

There is an experiment that was recently done. To subjects were put in an environment together. One was able to interact with the environment. The other was not. They received exactly the same visual stimulus, one as a result of his actions, the other due to outside influences. The one who interacted with his environment learned from the ( Read more... )

I just read today's Ozy and Millie. It is the current instalment in the latest storyline, which you can start reading here. It actually goes back a bit further, but the other stuff isn't important ( Read more... )

The hottest philosophical debates these days are basically a conflict between those who follow a Christian Religion and those who are Atheist. At least, in the US, that's how it seems to me ( Read more... )

I have been thinking about the old series of posts I wrote about good and evil. One of the biggest things that shocked me about that is the individual who argued that good and evil do not exist. This shocked me, because I've always believed that no matter who you are, or what you believe, there is always a right thing that you can do and a wrong ( Read more... )