The bad news ( Read more... )

On Sunday, my wife and I went for a walk. She was as cold and distant as the landscape we were trudging across ( Read more... )

An assortment of things running through my head right now:

1. My wife has been having panic attacks in mild form for as long as I've known her. But with a misprescribing of prozac recently after being subjected to extreme stress, her panic attacks have become much worse. She is recovering, but slowly ( Read more... )

My wife the other day asked me if I believed in the afterlife.

I've spent many years reading all sorts of books on philosophy, religion, new age spiritualism, and even magick. I've also spent years pondering and discussing the subject in the company of priests, missionaries, vicars, monks, witches, etc. A pattern did emerge from it:

The afterlife ( Read more... )

There is an old saying: "Women would rule the world, if they didn't hate each other so much ( Read more... )

After reading the news this morning, I feel like a light in me just went out. Why do I bother writing about politics ( Read more... )

Assuming you were brought up in an environment where there was space to be a child for some amount of time, most kids are encouraged to believe in magical things like the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus ( Read more... )

Oh My Dear Lord...

Today's topic will be a little off the normal subject path, but it's still a good one:

5 Types of Guys You Should DateI think this one applies just as much to men as it does to women, as in "5 Types of Girls You Should Date". They might exhibit different physical characteristics (ie the funny fat girl with dreadlocks), but they're essentially the ( Read more... )

the Economist, 1 February
MSN Lifestyle, 19 FebruaryThe reason why I am mentioning these two things side by side is because they both hint at the same topic: black power is outdated, and ultimately self-defeating ( Read more... )