Update 05/29/2010 – Here is a blog post on mincing the term “pro-life” – it’s written by Joshua Holland and touches on one of the subjects that I write about here. I link to it here because he puts it much better than I can š Abortion, Why is it Such a Big Deal? Abortion. A loaded topic if ever there was such a thing. I donāt particularly know about the rest of the world, but people here in the U.S. go completely apeshit over the topic of abortion. I mean, there has been horrific violence tied to the subject, […]
On Thought and Nothingness
On Nothingness: It is What it Is Life is full of contradiction and inconsistency. But life is just life; itās the human mind and the collective consciousĀ that adds so much complexity to something that is so simple. Consider this: We live and we die. Thatās it. Everything else in between is just so much nothing when compared to these greater truths. As they are wont to say in some places, āit is what it is.ā It cannot be more, it cannot be less, it just is. When considered that way, the basic foundations of all things in existence can be […]
What is Freedom and Why Don’t We Have it?
What exactly is freedom? The United States has always been a country where both the word and the idea have been a little…malleable. But even if you don’t know fully what it means or is, you damn sure know that what little of it you have is slowly slipping away from you. But is the greater good a good excuse? The Problem With the Idea of Freedom in the U.S. The problem with freedom – the idea of freedom ā is that no one wants it. That is to say, no one wants to put in the work necessary to […]
Blog Post Ideas
A couple of days ago I tweeted a seemingly asinine request for ideas for blog posts. Well, I got quite a few of them and I think I’m gonna actually use them…all of them. Not immediately, but more as challenges to myself to see what I can come up with given the subject, or for when I’m bored or in need of inspiration. Might be a general blog post, informational, a piece of poetry, or something else. I don’t know yet. But here are the ideas, in no particular order, that were sent to me: The similarities/necessity of and for […]
Asking for Help
Today, my horoscope had this to say: You should find that people are more than willing to step up and help you in almost any way you need them to — but of course you’ve got to swallow your pride and ask directly first! I’m not an avid follower of all things astrological or anything like that, but this really caught my attention. It’s something that I’ve dealt with for a long time: my absolute refusal to ask for help. I Ask For Help…Sometimes Yes, I ask for help for small and insignificant things, but I have a lot of […]
Prostitution (female)
Throughout the world, and even throughout history, prostitution has been many different things to different people. I specify female prostitution here only because the connotation of the word more readily implies women. But much of what I write here applies to men as well. A Time and Place for Prostitution There have been times, and places, where forms of prostitution were (are) a somewhat dignified profession. Places where a prostitute was akin to a modern-day movie star. Times when prostitution was a sacred, almost religious act. It’s not called the world’s oldest profession for nothing. Most people today only know […]
