Month: September 2006
And the Winner Is….
Posted on September 29, 2006 in Humor? Journalists & Pundits
Nice little farce based on the media’s unwillingness to see that Diebold could rig our elections for us.
Many Realities?
Posted on September 29, 2006 in Psychosis Reflections Schizophrenia
Some people might mean “truths” or “viewpoints” when they say “Reality”.
Have Chainsaw, Will Cut
Posted on September 26, 2006 in Conservation
Some people would rather sacrifice beauty than give in to conservation.
The Pain of Observation
Posted on September 26, 2006 in Memory Poems Uncertainty
Unhappy memories
sidle up on these tepid September afternoons
White Serpent
Posted on September 25, 2006 in Reading
D.H. Lawrence writes on the American soul as epitomized in the works of James Fenimore Cooper
Blue Lightning
Posted on September 25, 2006 in College
I wouldn’t have called them friends. They were the people I hung out with when I was in college.
I saw my paralysis….
Posted on September 23, 2006 in Routine
In the shallow pampliest of a puddle, I saw my paralysis.
The Skinnies are Out
Posted on September 21, 2006 in Consuming Sugar and Fat
When we talk about weight health, we need to present the idea that what is ideal is a mean, not either extreme.
Who Owns Your Facts?
Posted on September 21, 2006 in Internet Privacy Social Media
How much freedom we have lost due to the Net!
Chemical Reaction
Posted on September 20, 2006 in Reflections
We are chemical reactions spewing across the face of the earth, destined to end abruptly, our energy lost to the chaotic cosmos. The maddening part is that we have minds which can create the notion of a certain immortality. How cruel the indifferent Universe can be.
A year ago, I would have said the same thing in slightly different words and felt released.
I don’t want to die.
The Way Home
Posted on September 19, 2006 in Driving
The road smelled of dirt near the lake and methane by the stables. I loved it.
America’s Sane Are Violent
Posted on September 19, 2006 in Violence
An analysis published last month in The American Journal of Psychiatry found that people with severe mental illness committed about 5 percent of the violent crimes in Sweden, though they made up a small fraction of the population. The United States, which has higher crime rates, has a much smaller proportion of crime attributable to the mentally ill than Sweden, experts said.
This doesn’t say a lot for the sane in these United States.
