I had a long, entirely unnecessary call with a customer contact yesterday. Because of the peculiar reason for the call and the fact she was very forthcoming about the obvious fact what we were discussing and the reasons she had requested the call were entirely irrelevant and uninteresting to her, we were on the phoneContinue reading “On What Meat?”
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OUT OF ALL THIS NOW
How to describe what many are now feelingAcutely sharp that leaves them fearful, reelingWith anxious longings for a simpler time,An echo of imaginary rhyme? The carpet once new many years hence nowHopelessly stained, a thing to disavow,This is our life, the place we live in now.We walked it here this way and came long lastToContinue reading “OUT OF ALL THIS NOW”
But Only As a Tourist
Ironically, one of the surest signs of aging is having trouble opening child-proof caps on medications. Fortunately, I am no longer on any medication now unless we are counting Bourbon. Come to think of it, I’m not even on Bourbon. Is it hot today or is it just me? During the pandemic I became theContinue reading “But Only As a Tourist”
Sacred Geometry
How glorious, the swirling sun is dawning,My senses pressed against the pane of morning.A parliament of starlings take their flight,Wings suddenly exploding into light. Their murmurations stitch the fabric sky,Designs that mesmerize and mystify.Though science has a sterile explanation,How it must feel bends my imagination. Fish keep the pattern going, though unseen,In schools that swarmContinue reading “Sacred Geometry”
Rudiments of Why Extremist Reactionaries Have Become So Virulent
That animals displace stress on each other has been known even before research showed how this works in different species and different environments. Since we humans are the the most complicated and imaginative creature, living in many different conditions, we have many more ways of displacing stress. The word catharsis provides an introduction into howContinue reading “Rudiments of Why Extremist Reactionaries Have Become So Virulent”
Rudiments of How Extreme Reactionaries Have Become So Extreme
Let’s say we are people who feel threatened by difference. For whatever reasons over the course of our lives we have come to feel that a difference of opinion is an assault on who we are. We can flesh out the profile of such persons, that they were raised in an authoritarian household and wereContinue reading “Rudiments of How Extreme Reactionaries Have Become So Extreme”
Why Do Birds Sing So Gay?
Habitual states of mind, such as chronic stress, reshape the brain and the body, which in turn has an influence on subsequent behavior. We have all experienced this over our lives. Hopefully for most of us the changes trend towards positive outcomes. On the one hand, these effects are simple to understand and accept becauseContinue reading “Why Do Birds Sing So Gay?”
Star Trek: Reflections on Sci Fi Notions of Time Part IV Point 7
It takes me three minutes to shave and roughly the same time to empty the dishwasher. I know this because while doing one or the other, I can heat my tea in the microwave oven. I cannot shave and put the clean dishes away at the same time, but I can start the microwave andContinue reading “Star Trek: Reflections on Sci Fi Notions of Time Part IV Point 7”
Star Trek: Reflections on Sci Fi Notions of Time Part IV Point 6
If the South Had Won the Civil War is a book by MacKinlay Kantor, a work of “speculative fiction” rather than science fiction. The premise hinges on a cat startling Ulysses S. Grant’s horse prior to his ascendancy to top general. If you want to get into the historical weeds, prior to Vicksburg. The horseContinue reading “Star Trek: Reflections on Sci Fi Notions of Time Part IV Point 6”
Star Trek: Reflections on Sci Fi Notions of Time, Part IV Point 5
Back to reality. The original unreliable narrator is memory itself. In eyewitness testimony from one witness to another, objects and events appear differently in memory’s mirror. Add video and suddenly everyone who watches, believes he was there or has as good an idea of what happened. Add audio, and Rod Serling emerges from a cloudContinue reading “Star Trek: Reflections on Sci Fi Notions of Time, Part IV Point 5”
I Dwell In Possibility 