I’ve just realized how long it’s been since I last posted. I knew it had been a while, but now that we’re officially into into March and I only posted once in February, it makes me feel like a flaky blogger who doesn’t care about his SEO. And of course that’s true, but even moreso [...]
Archive for the ‘philosophy’ Category
Learning, Jury, Tomatoes and Time
March 7, 2011
Is It Official?
February 2, 2011
The other day gave me an opportunity for reflection on where I’ve come philosophically in the past several years. For the first time ever, I officially listed myself as “Non-Religious” on a government document. Though I’ve frequently tossed around the term, there was something about the act of scrolling down the jury impaneling form, pausing, [...]
Top 20 Overrated Things
January 9, 2011
My last post on how Purpose is overrated made me think of other things in my life that are overrated, at least in the past year. Here are some of them, in no particular order… Apple Fixed-Gear Bicycles Luxury/Fast Cars Popularity Big Houses Correct Belief Amerikan Kapitalism The War on Drugs Imported Organic Food Christmas [...]
Purpose is Overrated
January 6, 2011
The following post is a bit long, so I’ve separated it into a series of short meditations. *** I was at the beach for the New Year’s holiday (courtesy of @BaptistWineClub) and took some time to observe the nature around me. Noticing the gulls, pipers, waves, bubbles, drifting sand, seaweed, and other beauties, I [...]
Sleepless Night
December 22, 2010
My dog Oscar ate a box of chocolates yesterday. Wouldn’t be so bad if he was a 100-pound Lab and it was a little sampler of truffles. But he’s a 10-pound miniature Dachshund… …and it was this entire box of more than 50 treats… If you don’t already know, chocolate is toxic to dogs if [...]
