I referred to this material in an earlier post, where I described the online conversation that started it. My first thought was to turn it… Read More »Mind, brain, spirit, and the im/pertinence of death
I wonder why so much money gets thrown at the same basic studies over and over again. My personal hair-puller is the ones that call… Read More »Query: where have all the good studies gone?
As a gift of my old friend Jen, I’ve scraped the online acquaintanceship of a very lively group of secularists… And it says a lot… Read More »Expanding these horizons
I must remember to inhale. It’s too normal to go about with my whole core clenched. It’s very tiring, and I’m generally tired enough, thank… Read More »Inspiration and vacation
A balance has two ends: when one goes up, the other goes down. As a metaphor for living, it lacks dimension. Homeostasis is better. It… Read More »Balancing act: homeostasis and words I live by
My teeth were crumbling. I thought that was churlish of them, especially since I was moving at the time and had quite enough going on.… Read More »Chalk boored: cortisol and dentition
At 12:11 this morning, a soft sea-wind went through me. My insides relaxed. 2010 was tough all over. We know that. Mortality sucks, life is… Read More »Hope
I’m a walking, talking, babbling, ceaseless argument for the fact that sexuality is not a choice. Integrity is — though that’s not my point here.… Read More »No choice but integrity
The Interpol-ation of Julian Assange, the most widely-known of the Wikileaks founders, is a thoroughgoing exercise in logical fallacies and predatory smoke-screening. First, the fallacies…… Read More »Julian Assange and Swedish herrings (red)
Les was a chef before he was born. He helped with a BAADS Thanksgiving some years ago as a gesture of kindness, and found that… Read More »B. C. E. takes on new meaning