Whose Reality is This?

Reality is the #1 cause of insanity among those who are in contact with it.

Monday, April 09, 2018

Is life like Play-Doh?

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On the tail of the silver fox ....... Despite that the field of epigenetics is often dismissed as a fad topic, that may come back to surpr...
Friday, March 30, 2018

Curses!

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Long quote for the.......... (choose arbitrary time line). This one is a keeper. “2. I mostly don't often admit this, even to mys...
Friday, March 16, 2018

No Single Diet for a Big Planet

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T he increasing pressure for everyone to convert to a vegan diet smacks of ignorance and righteousness. Yes, that includes scientists, and ...
Sunday, March 05, 2017

Sobering thoughts for a Sunday morning

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"We have become the United States of Spite, and we are in this condition because it serves the interests of the plutocrats to have u...
Friday, February 24, 2017

This is your reality now, and mine.

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"....By the time I was 19 years old, I came to view awareness not as a gift, but as a curse." - Guy McPherson, ecologist and revo...
Saturday, January 21, 2017

This is becoming your reality

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It has begun........   Those people that struggle will be struggling more. The inequality will grow wider. Censorship and propaga...
Sunday, September 25, 2016

Modern stressful life and depression

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"While being physically ill causes inflammation, it is far from being the only cause. Modern life itself seems to be a state which our...
Sunday, September 13, 2015

We've been here before.......

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Here we go again. "I feel like  I've been here before,  and you know,  it makes me wonder,  what's goin' on,  under t...
Monday, June 01, 2015

The Rule of Seven. Happy New Year, Self!!

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I hate the number seven. It seems that every seven years, my humanity is tested. Sometimes the trial is tough, challenging, and sometimes I ...
Saturday, December 13, 2014

My Third Law: It Depends!

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Should burns take place in spring Or wait for autumn rain? Would baiting help or hinder? Can owl chicks live through flame? ‘I dunno,’ ...
Sunday, October 05, 2014

Why Academics' Writing Stinks - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education

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Why Academics' Writing Stinks - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education "Why should a profession that trades in ...
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Science in the hands of the beholder

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My ex-partner and I had an ongoing argument on university-based scientific research. He adamantly opposed publicly-funded research. His stan...
Wednesday, May 07, 2014

A-X Challenge: Y. Yodel?

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Due to an accident and injury, the last two days of this Challenge were postponed. Music is language. Not necessarily in word, but in tone...
Monday, April 28, 2014

A-Z Challenge. Xēros and xerosere.

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The letter 'x' is rather lonely. Compared to other letters of the alphabet, not many words begin with this letter. My first associ...
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Saturday, April 26, 2014

A-Z Challenge. Wonder and Wisdom

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"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates "...
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Friday, April 25, 2014

A-Z Challenge. V is for.... Volk?

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Americans have their common generic name, 'Smith'. Germans have their common name, 'Volk'. I can always recognize upon intro...
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Thursday, April 24, 2014

A-Z Challenge. U-FOs?

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Roughly 96 miles from where I live is a small remote community called Marfa (Texas). Although the town is mostly known for its density of ar...
Wednesday, April 23, 2014

A-Z Challenge. T is for Toponyms

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Edward Abbey once wrote about the human propensity to ascribe everything with a name: “Unless we can name things, they remain for us only...
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

A-Z Challenge. S. Statement for Today

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Today is Earth Day. It should be every day. It is also 'S' day. So here is my Statement for today. I pledge allegiance to the Ea...
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Saturday, April 19, 2014

A-Z Challenge: Quoting a Quark.

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"Quack, quack!", said the Quark. He thought he was a duck. The neighboring Loon looked over and said, "Oh, hum. How element...
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