Category Archives: Philosophy

Philosophical topics and rants.

Preconceptions and Misconceptions

By | December 10, 2009

Recently, I’ve begun to wonder how much of what we take for granted isn’t rooted in fact.  If we look back even 100 years, what seemed like solid science then (Black people have smaller brains, anyone?) is now obviously, and hilariously wrong. It took them until the early 1900s to figure out that if you… Read More »

Perception

By | December 5, 2009

In your mind you feel cold, in your eyes you see frost. In your mind you feel hot, in your eyes you see waving air. In your mind you feel the evil in the world, in your eyes you see the blade penetrate your heart. In your mind you feel love, in your eyes you… Read More »

An Atomic Existence

By | November 26, 2009

Have you ever wondered the things your eyes have seen, when they weren’t your eyes? The atoms that build them flowing through the universe since the beginning of time, or if time is non-linear – infinitely. The star they were born in is long dead by now, and they’ve been everywhere throughout the universe, your… Read More »

A few haiku I wrote

By | November 24, 2009

I wander into A room full of people who Know him but not me It takes a village The old proverb tells us But that’s subjective I go out walking And stop and smell the roses What else do you want? It smells like urine In the park you don”t go to The homeless folks… Read More »

On Drowning…

By | November 15, 2009

Do those who have tasted death no longer fear it? When I was very young, I drowned while in a pool with no lifeguard on duty. There was only one other person in the pool, and my grandma was on the side watching. I don’t remember feeling any fear or anxiety about dying during or… Read More »

Why We Do What We Do

By | November 11, 2009

A question far greater minds than my own have tried to answer, to be certain. Never-the-less, as the clock approaches midnight and I stay up futilely hoping that my internet connection will increase ten-fold so I can install Dragon Age tonight rather than tomorrow afternoon, I feel inclined to tackle it. A lot of people… Read More »

There’s a Shameful Train a-Boardin’

By | November 10, 2009

The Public Shame Glory Train is now departing.  First stop: Griekspoor & Border. When you’re nine years old, $80 is a lot.  When it’s $80 for your birthday, that’s awesome!  One young Miss Marissa Holland received two gift cards for her birthday and went out shopping, probably thrilled to have her very own money.  Being… Read More »