Positivism is objective receipt.  As human beings, we do not experience facts or figures.  We must rely on sense experience, yes, but more importantly on rational discrimination and active determination of experience.  A rock is indeed a rock, but it is also not a tree, nor is it a blanket or the Beatles.  A table is not just a surface, it is ( Read more... )

somebody has to go polish the stars.
they're looking a little bit dull.
somebody has to go polish the stars
for the eagles and starlings and gulls
have all been complaining they're tarnished and worn
they say they want new ones we cannot afford
so please get your rags
and your polishing jars
somebody has to go polish the stars.

-shell silverstein

if everyone who had to pick between the lesser of two evils when they voted would actually vote for a third party, not only would deserving, legitimate candidates actually be elected but it would force the two traditional parties to nominate decent candidates.  this is NOT A JOKE.  other countries actually use a multiple party system, and elect ( Read more... )

don't EVER complain about politics, government, or the potential candidates if you ( Read more... )

go to http://one.org and sign the ONE declaration to increase U.S.Gov expenditures on AIDS prevention and treatment worldwide, as well as assistance for extreme poverty in the form of food, water, shelter, and education to 1% of U.S. Budget.  It takes less than one minute and costs nothing.

"what is happening in africa mocks our pieties, doubts our concern, and questions our committment to the whole concept.  because if we're honest, there's no way we could conclude that such mass death day after day would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else.  an entire continent bursting into flames?  deep down, if we really accept that their ( Read more... )

i wasted my whole damn fabulous week off being sick.

we were so nervous all the way down sandhill that i drove 40mph the whole time. it was dark by now. you could see the lights of the cars from thousands of feet away, at first it looked like there was a cop but it was just one of the cars; strange colored flashers. i was so scared that i parked kind of far down. it was like a scene from a movie ( Read more... )

dear government: please, just come to my house and kill me. it would be cheaper for you in the long run ( Read more... )

v for vendetta is based on a graphic novel. im here to tell you that it is awesome and most definitely worth the money.

i should be studying, but i'd rather be reading it.