2022-01-15 18:53
You'll huff and you'll puff and you'll blow my house down eh? Well those are big teeth you have their Mr. Wolf. We know of wolves howling at the moon. And we know not to trust those wolves o… Read More
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A blog from a lover of ideas. Philo ("Friend") - Meme ("Ideas spreading in our culture."). Focus on mind, meaning, and metaphysics.
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"Letting go is both harder and easier than we can imagine." ~ 2107"Humankind is more fit to be fated by hate than love." ~ 2108"An unconsidered life begins at birth." ~ 2109"Most peopl… Read More
2020-08-19 21:30
No one wants to hearTheir heroes are evil,Even if it is true, Because then weJust might beCalled to evil too.No, we cry,don't let MYlove die!Tainted love,Blind love, Love for the unrea… Read More
2020-07-03 00:44
So imagine you are an every-day, run-of-the-mill stone mason. You cut rocks, someone else hauls them off to Pharaoh's monument. Your daddy cut rocks. Your grand daddy cut rocks. It is who y… Read More
2020-02-21 16:16
What is a Cult?Cults come in many forms including religious, financial, and political. Cults exploit their members by convincing them they are doing the right thing by belonging to the… Read More
2019-10-21 10:40
What is the price of a human's existence compared to the price of the species?Both planet and species have more meaning than you.Ought I value my species&n&hell…Read More
2019-09-15 14:18
"Refreshing sleep requires letting go of thinking." ~ 1557"Occasionally, for a moment, a few of us can transcend desire." ~ 1558"Asking 'what do we know for sure' challenges every myth." ~ 1… Read More
2017-07-07 01:10
"With each breath, i use myself up." ~ 1"If laughter is the best medicine, then anger is the worst disease." ~ 2"The law does not make me a good husband." ~ 3"Although i gently row with inte… Read More
2017-06-03 20:03
As with a newborn's scent, our hormones get a jolt,when encountering death. There is a smell to it, a unique property that writes upon the senses, a signature beyond our awareness, read alou… Read More
2017-05-24 01:47
Ol' Sam Clemens scribed 'bout hecklers, but I kin find no evi-dunce he had a one. How-evah, in dis measure, whoms 'mongst us cud be all-n-all heckle free?See-nonymous wi'da hecklin is da dis… Read More
2017-03-17 18:47
I too once suffered upon others agonies of unwitting reality bubble popping.Dancing from mind to mind poking at the shiny gas filled cavitiesof unexamined assumption.A tawdry skill mast… Read More
2017-03-10 12:07
The project of daily created aphorisms continues!----------------------------------------------------------------------------------"Rationalizing hatred dehumanizes ourselves first." ~ 1001"… Read More
2017-03-07 13:30
2017-02-08 15:30
Memories of Recent Days Read More
2017-02-08 15:23
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2017-02-08 15:06
Landlording is an education all its own.Under the tub, in between floors, above high cabinets that are often ignored, a creature's remains were made plain.It died alone in the… Read More
2016-11-04 14:56
Here are the next 250 daily meditations in single sentences dreamed up each day, usually with the first cup-o-joe."The closer I look, the farther free will recedes." ~ 751"I am imperfect but… Read More
2016-10-16 12:12
Media socialized.Present's wild, wild west.Ids' trigger fingers,Poised over reply.Myth believers hearded, Love their cowboy.Words slung, Crap flung.Good life fertilizer?Or just a p… Read More
2016-08-20 22:11
2016-07-22 02:34
I put my head underwater in the tub and listen to my heart beat sometimesto scare away the sufferingand exist in the moment of being Read More
2016-07-16 02:22
I got a BB gun.Upon reaching adolescence.First chance I got,I went "hunting".After a day of trying, I finally shot a robin.Holding the robin in my hand,I realized it would never sing ag… Read More
2016-01-25 23:14
"We know not what part of reality comes only from within." ~ 501"Fatigue closes the mind." ~ 502"Pandering to ignorance destroys democracy." ~ 503"Admitting error builds trust." ~ 504"Comple… Read More
2015-07-10 15:19
"Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher, "Vanity of vanities! All is vanity." What advantage does man have in all his work which he does under the sun? Angry about Israel? Disturbed about th… Read More
2014-10-09 14:18
Have you ever been shocked/surprised/blown away by the reasoning or behavior of someone you consider an outstandingly smart individual?Here are some patterns observed on how genius thinks. … Read More
2014-09-27 14:17
The series of single sentence summarized studies has been steadily sustained.For the first 365 click here."When I pay too close attention to boundaries I fail to see what is." ~366"Sho… Read More
2014-09-27 14:17
Once again it is the anniversary of my mother's labor pains. Thanks for that Mom!For a year I have been inflicting an agony upon my Facebook friends of art, reflection, and practice writing… Read More
2014-08-25 17:33
Choice-less StartingSometimes, at conception, parents choose to have a child. More often than not it just happens. Parents do not choose which child they will have, a genetic lottery se… Read More
2014-08-25 17:31
We are patterns, processes, interconnected life forms sharing a space. That our minds have thoughts in each moment, that our brains exist longer than the rest of us, gives rise to the illusi… Read More
2014-08-07 19:27
Stumbling In the DarkGetting out of bed late one night to answer bladder's demand for a release of pressure, I blindly walked in the darkness toward the toilet. With scant light, I was… Read More
2014-03-24 02:49
As I lay on my couch watching a talking head on the projection TV, I noticed the pundit had on a blue and red tie. On the lapel of the jacket was a pin. It wasn't a flag, like so many wear… Read More
2014-03-10 12:40
We citizens of the U.S.A. seem to have a cognitive disconnect between our ideals and our image of ourselves. We think we are uniquely special and deny how this view limits our potentia… Read More
2014-03-07 22:01
Some have put forth the theory that by charging money for school, individuals will value it more, try harder, make better educational decisions. This idea supposes that the individual… Read More
2013-11-08 15:01
A pot wanting a potter is not a potter wanting a pot.We find selfseeing a pot wonder and wishfor a potter.In the wishing, we dream feel joyin clay's moment.The… Read More
2013-10-17 22:00
Let us pretend. Let us pretend about an ideal economic utopia. What kind of people would we wish to be? What would be our means of organization? How would choices abou… Read More
2013-10-13 20:29
Self reliance. No cheating. Free markets. These are core values most of us share. We need a health care system that works this way.We have it right in front of us if we onl… Read More
2013-09-25 17:05
Mr. O'Reilly,The O'Reilly Factor has been watched by me and mine for many years. Gradually bad manners and uncivil discourse have become more common on the show. These actio… Read More
2013-09-12 22:38
Free markets are effected by interested parties only if the market has complete transparency and resources move in a friction-less manner. Some actors will try to control every market b… Read More
2013-09-10 14:17
Has our exertion and fumbles in this "War on Terror" worn down our resolve? Are we too weary to take on another challenge? Should we now turn inward and rebuild, letting down our… Read More
2013-08-02 17:50
What are Words?Words are symbols to communicate with. We have character symbols that represent the words we can write and read. Vibrations in the air represent words too. T… Read More
2013-07-06 13:40
Belinda and I will exchange vows and rings today.We are having a Dr. Who themed wedding.Hope to post pictures here in a couple of weeks.The photo below is the episode our costumes are from.T… Read More
2013-06-30 18:50
Our desire for a particular political ideology is highly driven by our self esteem. He is just better than everyone elseThose who think they are better than every one else tend to want… Read More
2013-06-30 18:39
The plants and animalsAnd stars and dirt And ocean and air And gravity and light And charge and spin And all the various Forms and flows Of all matter and energ… Read More
2013-06-25 19:38
Ideas are neutral.Ideas by themselves have no right or wrong, good or evil.Actions can be right or wrong.Actions can do good or evil.Reading a Sherlock Holmes story about a murder does not m… Read More
2013-06-25 16:00
When we say "We are going to make an example of him", what do we mean?What is the purpose of inflicting pain and violence on others in the name of "justice"?Revenge is PaybackShould an angry… Read More
2013-06-23 21:48
The constitution is neutral about what kinds of arms we choose to bear. We citizens, however, seem to have a preconceived notion of which kinds of arms we want to… Read More
2013-05-18 12:34
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