In this political season of lies, lies and more lies, of idiots and incompetents, of selfishness and greed, and of the basest human instincts, it’s nice to be occasionally reminded that our species can be pretty amazingly smart and clever sometimes. I mean, we have figured out how to find specific molecules floating around in …
“Anathem” (Neal Stephenson) I’m currently about halfway through Stephenson’s latest book and it is an amazing, rich, thought-provoking, deeply intellectual, and engrossingly emotional novel. The kind of novel that you want to live in for a good long while. Even though I have over 400 pages to go, I’m already a bit sad that it …
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In my play, “Going Out” I wrote The dream/true transition tends to . . . fuck things up. Sometimes. Don’t you think? Now, that transition between dreams and actuality does not necessarily lead to fucking things up, but it is a transition and no passage, no journey is ever the same as the plans for …
The Bourne Political Analysis So he’s only an actor, but he makes some damn good points. David Tennant Watch Out This is one reason I love Doctor Who: it’s the kind of show that inspires and makes people want to be a hero. Sure, I can quibble with some of the episodes and the writing …
Paul Stamets is not the most dynamic speaker, and sometimes it may be hard to follow the thread of his argument, but I guarantee that some of his ideas will blow your mind with possibilities and you’ll learn a side if fungi that is decidedly more interesting that a portobello mushroom sandwich.
I wonder why McCain hates poor people so much? Probably because he spent five years as a POW. Obama and McCain Tax Proposals According to a new analysis by the Tax Policy Center, a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are both proposing tax …
Here’s your daily dose of “oh my god we are so screwed!”
Whose tire is your favorite journalist swinging on as they grasp for access like it’s crack rock and they are junkies willing to do anything, anything for their next hit.
(Via Nat)
I need solitude like I need air. That is to say, solitude is necessary for me to be me and to center myself. However, just as breathing is necessary but not enough for a full and productive life, solitude is a basic need, one that I have to create regularly for myself, but in itself, …
There are a number of reasons why I’m leaving Las Cruces, and I’ve shared some of those reasons in a previous post before I had actually made up my mind to go. In the end, my decision was based on a number of factors that include short term financial needs, longer term financial goals, a …