The more the holidays change, the more they stay the same even in a world where change is the only constant

To the young, all is new.  They’re on the ride for the first time, making it near impossible to understand what it will feel like for the fiftieth.  To the old, the belief that we’ve seen it all before settles in along with the feeling that nothing can surprise us anymore.  It’s a bizarre irony… Continue reading The more the holidays change, the more they stay the same even in a world where change is the only constant

Otto and the ghost that cried, being a fictionalized account of a man who was scared of Halloween

Other than the candy, it seemed to Otto, who was a simple man, that Halloween was an entire holiday devoted exclusively to fear, well beyond mischief night or the day itself, and being frightened was something he spent his entire life avoiding. Otto had a big problem with Halloween.  He liked the candy well enough,… Continue reading Otto and the ghost that cried, being a fictionalized account of a man who was scared of Halloween

The media and technology might make easy targets, but they are not the root cause of society’s ills

Humanity is a curious creature by nature, social and competitive to a fault, and has ever been hungry for information, seeking new ways to consume and distribute media of all kinds for thousands of years.   “Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that… Continue reading The media and technology might make easy targets, but they are not the root cause of society’s ills

Time, consciousness, and the constancy of the two

It is a sign of our times that a green haired, eye-shadowed non-binary person wearing a dress with hairy legs sums up the position of establishment scientists for the BBC more succinctly than many of them ever would or could. The establishment, as ever, is likely wrong... We are prisoners of our minds and the… Continue reading Time, consciousness, and the constancy of the two

This Fourth of July, celebrate the absurdity of human existence with a bang

However absurd life may seem at times, and certainly life and absurdity go hand in hand from our limitations as a human being to our precarious position in a universe that cares nothing for us, there’s always an excuse to party. I’m certainly not the first one to comment on the absurdity of human existence. … Continue reading This Fourth of July, celebrate the absurdity of human existence with a bang