Scientific American, this month has an article in its skeptic series that is the stuff of my philosophical nightmares. Because I'm so frightened by the idea at this point, I will quote the article at length, I might have to handle analysis later, besides, a little dopamine deprived today after a short night of much drinking ( Read more... )

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So, how am I to suspend disbelief on something, when the experts have spoken and said that this would be the case... here's the story ( Read more... )

I'm torn between ignorance and awareness, the path not taken for a reason, and taking a path just for the hell of it... There is a burden incumbent upon those more aware, and those of us who are less aware, live 30 years in their shadows... Or, 100, 2000, ... years, but reality intrudes, those who are the enlightened, ironically unable to ( Read more... )

Floating aimlessly through life, as my mental framework is best characterized by stream of consciousness, so too my life. I am waiting tables in the post-Katrina New Orleans, waiting for a career or something to happen. It occurs to me today, after my second reading of Orlando, [though this should have been entirely obvious coming from LSU and ( Read more... )

1. Grab the nearest book ( Read more... )

Well, I don't know much about either, but it seems like there are patterns. Opening moves, strategies, and the beginning of the game looks much the same, until a piece (peace) is threatened. Then, you must retreat, advance, or sacrifice for the sake of strategy ( Read more... )

Obituary published in The Advocate (Baton Rouge): 10/15/2006 ( Read more... )

With the politicians hogging the commercials on the airwaves this month, I've entirely forgotten what to wear, buy, eat, and what my priorities are. I'll be glad when I finally know how to live again, when the corporations come back on selling me detergents, and not ideas ( Read more... )

Feb. 17, 2006. I predicted that North Korea would become a threat before the ultimate showdown with Iran ( Read more... )