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Before-Digital and Post-Digital Ages

Administrator — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 01:28:14 +0000

I’m fairly certain that at some point in the future, the dividing line between ages will be BD and PD- much like the dividing line we use for BC or AD (Before Christ or After Death was what I learned in school – which was wrong but sticks in my mind anyway). So yes, we … Continue reading "Before-Digital and Post-Digital Ages"

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The Thoughts and Questions That Plague My Mind

Administrator — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 19:54:39 +0000

Is this the best that we can do? That’s the first one. It’s the most depressing one. Humanity has failed. Not only is it not the best we can do, it’s not even in the top 90% of what we can do. We have failed on so many levels that it is impossible to list … Continue reading "The Thoughts and Questions That Plague My Mind"

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The Indignity of Being Forced to Tell Lies

Administrator — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 05:03:08 +0000

If there is one thing I have always resented about the culture I live in, it is the indignity of being forced to tell lies. But wait, no one forces you to lie…no, but try telling everyone the truth for a few days and see how far it gets you. We lie about who we … Continue reading "The Indignity of Being Forced to Tell Lies"

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2017 World Happiness Survey – Thoughts on Happiness

Administrator — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 05:18:49 +0000

There are a lot of very short news stories about the Global Happiness Survey – most of them read something like “Norway is the happiest country in the world” – and then they talk about the top ten countries and the places and the place of the USA and the bottom two or three countries … Continue reading "2017 World Happiness Survey – Thoughts on Happiness"

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Satan Deserves An Oscar for his role in Beauty and the Beast

Administrator — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 04:37:52 +0000

2017 is a strange world for this kid who was raised in the hippie christian 1970s and bizarro mega church 1980s. I never thought I would see a movie where Satan played the male romantic lead without having to even change his appearance. But there it is, Satan, Baphomet, the horned beast with goat hooves … Continue reading "Satan Deserves An Oscar for his role in Beauty and the Beast"

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Fear and Hesitation

Administrator — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 05:02:45 +0000

At the moment – this moment – as I look at my daughter, I feel a moment of fear and hesitation about all that I am planning for us. an older man said to me recently something like “When you have children, especially small children, it’s your job to stay in one place and provide … Continue reading "Fear and Hesitation"

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Do what you need to do instead of what you ‘should’ do

Administrator — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 01:36:27 +0000

With interest, I’ve watched the reactions of different people as I propose a series of plans that are not what I ‘should’ do. Everyone has a should of their own and they feel free to impose it on my worldview. For the most part, people have the same reactions they had when I decided to … Continue reading "Do what you need to do instead of what you ‘should’ do"

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Life, Death, and Student Loans

Administrator — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 15:28:02 +0000

The title of this post sounds good in the order I put it, but I’m going to reverse that order as I write this. Since I graduated in 2008, my student loans have been a huge burden. Despite having paid off $10k, I’ve had to defer the loans and they have grown from around $35k … Continue reading "Life, Death, and Student Loans"

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Perceived Value versus Real Value versus Potential Value

Administrator — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 01:32:15 +0000

I deal with this every day. I’d like to think that it has made me more realistic about the real value of the things I possess. Here is what I see almost daily. A person walks into my shop with an item that they perceive as having a substantial real value. Sometimes they ask me … Continue reading "Perceived Value versus Real Value versus Potential Value"

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The Pyramid Conspiracy Theorist aka The Smartest Man in the World

Administrator — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 05:16:14 +0000

The smartest man in the world came into my shop today – he didn’t overtly say he was the smartest man in the world, but it was obvious he had the answers to everything. Jesuits, he was ready to tell me about their conspiracy. He told me how the Ancient Egyptians were actually Aryans and … Continue reading "The Pyramid Conspiracy Theorist aka The Smartest Man in the World"

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