“The unexamined life is not worth living.” I’ve seen this platitude festoon an abundance of freshman blogs and journals that ramble on before their eventual abandonment. Judging from the state of my life and the state of my own blog and journal, I’ll go on to say that the examined life isn’t that much farther …
Category Archives: Philosophy
Unshort
There is a Spirit Halloween open in every town. I refuse to believe that there’s a global supply chain shortage. There is only the reticence of retailers to pay what the middle-men are charging, because the price from their suppliers has gone up to reflect reality. But you can still get your spooky plastic spider …
Ethyldivinol
Alcohol is the catalyst which slows me down so that everything overwhelms me, by which the profane becomes profound, in which patterns emerge in the chaos, and for one brief moment I find god. Everything suddenly makes sense, because I am too incapacitated to hold all the infinite possibilities in my head. Divinity by chemical …
Two Wolves
Inside of you are two wolves: One that wants to whistle at everyone that walks by. And: One that chews the other’s leg off because that sort of behavior is sinful and unwelcomed and oh my god you are such an asshole to even want to look at anybody in that way how dare you.
Dram Amble
If you’ve never taken a walk while intoxicated, I highly recommend it. You have to trust the neighborhood, but only halfway. To make up for your impaired thinking, you have to heighten your senses and be aware of what’s around you. In your hyper-vigilance for dangers in the shadows, you see new things, make observations, …