I could walk along with science, Or love my time in silence, Or learn we’re all the same. My debates would be feisty And my aims won’t be sheisty If I only used my brain!
Category Archives: Philosophy
We All, Absentee Consumers
How do so many tenants of dead malls stay alive, and why are so many videos of dead malls so interesting? Why do I keep watching? Why is so much of a physical place’s legitimacy so pinned to what we all agree about it? Why is it that one minor opinion of it can cause …
Broad Strokes
It’s particularly vexing to me when I see a friend or family member say or post something that puts down “the gays”. It paints a broad brush stroke over a whole group of humans and robs a piece of their dignity. I’m not gay…but I’m also not straight. I’m open-minded. The sort of talk above …
Amen
Adverb for agreement and consent. Amen.Statement of “so be it”. Amen.Punctuation to a long prayer. Amen.That is the past. These are our hopes. This is our intent. Amen.Please let us move on, dream on, go forward into the dark night. Amen.Pushing to the sunrise of our souls, of our world. Amen.Leaving all our shadows behind. …
On the Stories Being Written
In 10th grade, I sat next to a guy in marching band named Chris. Chris watched a lot of “Doctor Who”, back when the only place to find it — in 1987 — was the odd hours on PBS. He was the only person I knew in school who openly admitted watching it; owning up …