Posted in fiction, The Cost of Magic on Dec 17th, 2008
Minus picked up the bag and emptied it’s contents onto the table. He knew what he would see before we opened it. He remembered all of it. The drinks, and the bags, and the conversations.
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Posted in fiction, The Cost of Magic on Dec 12th, 2008
Jane was more than a little puzzled as she watched him walk away. They had talked about a lot of things that had been hard to swallow, but were none the less true.
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Posted in Basic Ideology on Nov 30th, 2008
Redemption. We talked about this idea a little in Developmental Theology 089. I believe that redemption is a concept that needs to be completely phased out of the human vocabulary. As an example, I’m going to post two definitions here. redemption – noun 1. an act of redeeming or the state of being redeemed. 2. [...]
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Posted in Fragments on Nov 29th, 2008
This was originally posted back in July 2008, on the Twitter Travels blog. I am reposting it here, due to the start of the new series of columns, Fragments. —————————– It’s hard to quantify things when you are looking backwards through the filter of memory. What happened? What did we do? Where did we go? [...]
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Posted in Basic Ideology on Nov 28th, 2008
It occurred to me, recently, that some of you might wonder as to why I write these posts about philosophy and ideas and such. Well, to put it simply, I write these things because I want to make a difference. I want to make a change. I want to improve the lives of others. I [...]
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Posted in social commentary on Nov 27th, 2008
It’s that time again here in the US. The time when we stuff our faces and binge and just generally eat much more than we should. It’s a feast for most, that rivals the ideas of the Romans. If you are thankful for everything that you have, or have not, share it. Why not spend [...]
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Posted in update on Nov 2nd, 2008
Here’s the promised Sunday update. A lot of stuff has happened this week. So, here goes. I was a guest on Cranky Tech in the early AM Sunday. Click the link to hear the whole hour. This photo was censored on flickr without my permission or notification. I’ll be moving over to Picasa web soon. [...]
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Posted in update on Oct 19th, 2008
There’s so many things I need to talk about. We’re gonna try to go one step at a time. How about a bullet list? I’ve been in a real, deep, down, funk these past couple of months. I’m working on this and starting to regain myself. Due to that, I have neglected my blogging and [...]
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Posted in Basic Ideology on Aug 26th, 2008
** We stood in the forest, as the rain fell in sheets. Odin grabbed me firmly by the arm. “They still do not live by the basics! Why do you continue to teach further?” “All-Father, I cannot make the people listen. I can only give them the light to see the way. I am but [...]
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Posted in Basic Ideology on Jul 12th, 2008
Welcome class. In Basic Ideology 101, we are going to learn about some basic concepts and ways of thinking. We will study ideas, and I will encourage you to spend as much time as you can on introspection for this course. Class begins! Reexamining the Self The patterns in which we think are so important. [...]
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