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Tab Cola and a Magician’s Politics
Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Wait, nope, that’s not correct. Those who learn history choose to repeat it because it keeps those in the know in the status quo which equates to having more power and wealth. It’s a simple magic trick really. One hand distracts while the other…
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Tab Cola and a Magician's Politics
Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Wait, nope, that’s not correct. Those who learn history choose to repeat it because it keeps those in the know in the status quo which equates to having more power and wealth. It’s a simple magic trick really. One hand distracts while the other…
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Source Prove
The very idea that fact checking facts has become a thing is a clear indicator that we are on a slippery slope and probably headed off the cliff and into the abyss. Who knows? Maybe the bottom of the abyss is carpeted with marshmallows and the only hardship will be the freefall like the ride…
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Lord of the Flies Revisited
Lord of the Flies was required reading when I was in 9th grade. We all read it in order to learn than there is a need for adults and rules. In hindsight, it may have been a story written to justify laws and the adults in the room. I am no longer sure. In sports…
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Tubes of Tolerance
Identifying problems are easy. Finding solutions can take more time and more effort. I have had to learn this the hard way a few times. A while back I lived in Grand Junction, CO which is next to Fruita and Moab which are two of the mountain biking meccas in the world. I remember I…
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Crops of Meat
In 1993 I was first introduced to vegetarianism in Olympia, Washington en route to Maui, Hawaii. It took another 7 years before fully committing to it with only two relapses in between. Both times I switched back to being an omnivore, I was in athlete mode and believed a switch back to include meat would…
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Slow Suicide
Sometimes there are moments at which it becomes clear that capitalism, religion and government are in cahoots. Tobacco is one of those intersections. Now, I understand smoking. I was a smoker. I loved the process of buying the pack. Packing them. Pulling one out. Letting it dryly linger on my lips before lighting it and…
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An Ethical Driver
I don’t want to hurt others. It is not in my nature. I was also taught at a young age to be keenly aware of my surroundings. I am always observing and trying to understand how and why things work the way they do. Recently, after a ten year hiatus, I purchased a car. I…
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A Directionless Direction
Sometimes I feel like I spend so much time looking for a path to follow that time just gets wiped away. Just wishing for a split second, a fraction of clarity to know that the search is not futile. That the direction I am on is on track. I have a hard time trusting myself. …
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Bailing out the Ship
Scientists don’t disagree about global warming like an atheist and a christian disagree about god. It’s similar to the differences between Judaism and Christianity. Both believe in the same foundation and both believe that Jesus was a man. It’s at that point that the divergence takes place. On to Global Warming; it is happening. Scientists…
Observations From the Spectrum
an autistic's view of the world
Observations From the Spectrum 