As of 20:32:20 PST

National Debt: $7,293,353,746,389.69
With a population of: 293,828,906
This makes each citizen's share: $24,821.77

The National Debt has continued to increase an average of $1.69 billion per day (or almost $20,000 per second)since September 30, 2003. Sleep well!

William James' attempt to materialize the concept of consciousness was the first effort made by either a modern philosopher or founding father of psychology. He called it a stream of consciousness; ever-changing, fluent, and yet at the same time maintaining on a continuum, a constant realm. There are indeed limitations to the human mind, each of ( Read more... )

So that was poetry week. At the very least, I'm proud of myself for taking the only poems I've ever written and placed them before the public. More to come, perhaps. Feedback wanted, inquire within. I'll be back with regular stuff sometime very soon...

I loathe, I abolish and abhor
The insecurities and insensitivity
Of those surrounding me
Immersing others in their personal chaos
Make your life mine
I think not
Drama queen
The business of strangers
Takes on a whole new meaning
Self-referent frame of thought
Your excuse of an effort
For consciousness

Talk to me
Like you know me
Do not acquiesce or adhere
To the standards of others
Here and now are you
And no one else
A near-life experience
Only to be labeled
Only to be considered awkward
Your labels confining and
Imprisoning your now
Self-handicapped now
Non-existent personal freedom

Delving deep
Inspired by the abstract
Obscurities my only hope
In attaining
Maintaining a grasp
Of the concrete
So few and far between
So hard to come by
Presently, always
A skeptic of absolutes

Chip on shoulder
Gleam in eye
Beautiful and unique
You are not
Valuable information
Memorable occurrences
All lacking
As you sift, long and pine
Through your past and future
Your excuse of a present
What else to address?
What more to uphold
Than the glorious nature
Of your being?
Your existence
No less miraculous
Than the previous
Or the next

Do I ever get sick and tired of being right? It hasn't happened yet. Doubters beware! The Atlanta Braves are back atop the NL East. I said they'd hang in there. I said that it's a long season. Anything can happen in 162 games. I said, "just like last year, the Braves will turn it on a little late. They just won't burn out like the teams ( Read more... )

I wrote this when I was bumming around Portland last summer. Being nostalgic while I copy this excerpt, and at the same time erasing any doubt remaining as to why I want to be a psychologist. Enjoy ( Read more... )

I love AOL. They are always coming up with the best possible way to make life easier for the users of their product. The one that I find most appealing is the not-so-new online device that alerts you when someone is trying to call (assuming that said AOL user is using a dial-up service ( Read more... )