Archive for the ‘Philosophy’ category
Being there
I’m falling for Tara. Tara Brach. The woman who combines Western psychology with Eastern spirituality. I’ve alleviated the boredom of my morning physical therapy for back pain by listening to her Radical Acceptance audiobook. It’s kind of awesome. She has ways of dealing with life, the universe and everything. It’s an ideology, but not one [...]
Happy interdependence day!
Here’s to the founders of the United States (before it was called such), those revolutionary people who had the courage to move forward in breaking away from Great Britain, knowing that if they failed, death by hanging awaited. As someone who teaches one of the more important revolutionary documents, “Common Sense,” I’d like to point [...]
St. Ann’s Kids . . .
Well, my sister finally passed away. It’s been a long time coming since she had lived with Multiple Sclerosis for 25 years. This is a photo of her oldest child with my son. The big kid was adopted into my parents family in 1980. The little one born into the extended clan in 2004. The [...]
The Reverse Magoo
I’m not sure why, but for the past few weeks I’ve been thinking a lot about an incident that occurred nearly 28 years ago, the night of my high school senior prom. It’s the night I did some stupid things and one really reckless thing. It’s the night that someone was killed. The reckless thing [...]
Nicolas Cage’s Rare $1M Comic Book Found…
… in a Valley storage locker. The original Superman comic book was reportedly stolen in 2000 from Cage’s West Hollywood home, but new information has arisen: a leaked transcript of the police interrogation with the comic book itself. Q: Name? Action Comics: It’s right here on my cover. Action Comics. Can’t you read? Jesus. Q: [...]
Post
This post is in response to Stella’s post from last Friday. It is not an argument against anything that Stella wrote, but I was inspired by the subject and some of the comments. Before I go on any further, I should tell you that I’m actually writing this post as a spoken piece which is [...]
The $pectacle
I’ve been honored and thrilled to be working on the latest installment of Learning Music Monthly with Music-god, John Wood. So, helmet yourself in pith and hire a reliable guide, lest you find yourself lost in the rhythmic jungle that is this latest installment. The record is Mr. Wood’s and my (not so) humble attempt [...]
Fatigue
Regardless of what happens on Tuesday, many of us will wake up on Wednesday feeling a vast sense of relief. Until then, I wanted to share one last attack ad, which I think we can all enjoy…
Zombies
Overheard in the Bar at Chili’s: A: Did you see that movie, “Zombieland”? B: No. A: It’s really funny. B: I hate Zombies. A: Why? B: You can’t kill them. They just keep coming. They can’t die because they are already dead. A: You can cut off their heads or blow them up. C: Or [...]
