Wow, so much time, so little done. That’s all I’m going to say about that! What can I say? I mean, I started writing this big ol’ ball o’ nothin’ way back in 2001. Back then, only weirdos were blogin’ and back then it was “E/N” (Everything/Nothing). Perhaps in such a small circle, that’s how [...]

It has been a while, to say the least. A lot of things have changed and somehow growing up changes your passions; some grow, some fade. I’m closer to thirty than twenty and nudging my way into a full-fledged career that could take me to retirement. I have insurance for health, a retirement plan, and [...]

Some questions come to be asked because of relevance to your current situation. Sometimes questions get asked because assumptions are being challenged. But sometimes questions come from an unsettling feeling deep inside your mind down to the core of your body. I’m fully aware that the anxiety I feel more and more regularly could very [...]

Most people today were brought up with television advertising and the younger the person is the more pervasive the exposure. People accept the advertising as a fact of life and it is at a point where the vision it creates also sets a standard for individual happiness. Without even questioning it, people are buying a [...]

Was I born to sit in front of this computer? In some ways, yes. But asking the question implies a certain contempt for sitting in front of the computer. I look at everything I have done in my life; all the dysfunction and hardship of my childhood, leading into the teenage years of crushes and [...]

The following is a speech given by Ralph Nader at Creighton University in August 2004 copied here without permision from IndyBay.org, the SF bay area division of IndyMedia.org. It is a good speech, typical of Nader, IMO of course, if not depressingly real. If you haven’t read my last post about Bush, check it out [...]

I really wish I didn’t have to say these things. I really wish I wasn’t able to say that all you need to know is that George W. Bush is a bad man to have in office. Let me address the first wish. This election has proven one thing about a few people I respect: [...]

Since I moved to the city of Los Angeles from a suburb of LA I have gained only a marginal amount of perspective on things, but one thing is for sure: I hate the suburbs.

Personal responsibility continues to drift away while a stronger mentality of entitlement grows. Lawsuits are the perfect example of passing the buck. Why accept the consequences when you can point at the other guy and say his actions brought on the misfortune that you were forced, or even just subsequently, to deal with? Not only [...]

The following comes from reader responses section in this month’s Adbusters magazine (#49). “The following is an oft-repeated experiment in hypnosis. The subject is hypnotized and told that an ice-cold bucket of water is lukewarm. He is told to put his arm in the bucket. The hypnotist says, “How does it feel?” “Fine.” “Is it [...]