Rants
Uncensored attacks on whatever pissed me off that day.
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The UAP Report
It was after 9:00 pm, almost 15 years ago. I was walking my dog Chloe along a narrow two lane road near Lake Arrowhead in the San Bernardino Mountains. There were no street lights, and it was a very clear moonless night. I would stare up into the sky while she did her business and…
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Clouds and Atlases
I have a sense that our lives are interconnected. Sometimes small bits of data, floating in the maelstrom of our shifting inner lives, come up to the surface and integrate with our outer selves. The carefully constructed facade of “us” can either crumble or be reinforced with better materials: truth, accurate information, access to our…
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Thinkin’ like Lincoln
I just watched the fantastic new film about Abraham Lincoln, appropriately titled “Lincoln.” I was struck by the quality of Daniel Day Lewis’ performance, how he appeared to totally inhabit the character…defining what the 21st century will see as the real Lincoln. As one of my family members remarked, “I thought Lincoln had a deeper…
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The Crutch
“Guns are the crutches of the impotent” -Arthur C. Clarke I believe, as Arthur C. Clarke did, that guns are crutches for the impotent. Guns are not cool, guns are not some nifty little toy you pull out on the weekend to prove how awesomely manly you are. Guns are weapons. Tools designed to murder…
The Numinous Cosmos 