“The meek shall inherit the Earth” is a well-known biblical phrase that has always made me wonder. It’s typically understood to convey the idea that the meek, the pliable, the unquestioning, will be ‘given’ the Earth by God. These are…
Category: Observation
Things that have made me go “Hmmm…”
Capitalism: Case in point
I’ve been railing about the deleterious effects of capitalism in one form or another for some years now, slowly refining my views on it. If you want examples, see here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. My view currently…
Art is life
It may sound outrageous to say it — I used to think so — but without art we are lost. What do we live for otherwise? Our children? Love? Perhaps, but to what end, if not to together experience the…
Why community matters
The other day I was bemoaning the erosion of community in our everyday lives and placing the blame squarely on automation. Automation and the never-ending race to achieve greater efficiency seeks to remove people from as many equations as possible.…
Tell me again how animals don’t feel empathy?
Monkey in India resuscitates friend after electrocution Suffer through the advertisement to see some incredible video footage. How any thinking person can believe that animals don’t experience feelings is beyond me. For something more on this topic see my previous…
Wisdom
Dragging your feet doesn’t alter the inevitable; it only prolongs the dread. — me
Why men like war movies
On the eve of Remembrance Day I was thinking about what films I would watch tomorrow in honour of the men and women who gave their lives. I’ve had a long-standing love of war movies, and most men have the…
Hummingbird
“Why does a hummingbird flap its wings so fast?” “So that it can hover.” “Why does it need to hover?” “So that it can delicately insert its long tongue deep into the sweetest flowers and extract the nectar there.” “Why…
More proof Facebook is bad news
What more information do we need to convince us to get the hell out of dodge? Why are you trading your privacy for the privilege of playing Farmville? Don’t worry, your real friends will call you. The implications of Facebook’s…
Construction eye opener
[This is something I wrote a long time ago and never posted, because I didn’t feel it was polished enough or quite finished. I’m not in the reno business anymore, but… what the hell, I’m posting it as is anyway.…