When I first heard this idea that the past doesn’t exist, I thought it was ridiculous. But as I thought a bit more about it, it started making a lot more sense. Think about it, time is linear. The only thing(s) we actually experience is what takes place in the
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Reading Sucks!
I never much liked reading books or stories. As far back as I can remember, reading was something I viewed as laborious and absent any sort of enjoyment. Sure, I’d read the Sunday comics or an article in a rock magazine – if it happened to be about a band
Continue readingThe Hegelian Dialectic (Problem, Reaction, Solution)
Anyone who seeks a better understanding of the seemingly unexplainable conflicts and events taking place in and around the world should learn more about the modern-day application by our “rulers” of what is known as the Hegelian Dialectic (problem, reaction, solution). The first step (thesis) is to create a problem.
Continue readingA Chink in the Knife
After the passing of my father a few years ago, my brother and I inherited numerous boxes of his stuff. It’s amazing what all one person can accumulate during their time on this earth; and our father had actually downsized about 10 years prior to his passing. We initially sifted
Continue readingF.O.M.O. – Fear of Missing Out
As with most all modern technology, there are positive as well as negative effects and outcomes. I remember it was not all that long ago we had the ability to drive our vehicles a couple of miles down the road without any form of electronic communication; it didn’t exist. But,
Continue readingThanksgiving: Eating Turkey or Crow
As I was taking my son, who is currently 15, back to his mother the other morning, we were talking about relatively pointless topics as we usually do on those early morning rides before work and school – both of us trying to shake off the sleep from the night
Continue readingNever Stop On the Tracks
I was on my way home from the office the other day – mindlessly enduring my normal, lackluster commute – when I came to a stop behind a long line of cars, backed up (as usual) at a traffic light located in the center of this highly traveled small-town square.
Continue readingLearned Helplessness
I read a book recently by Martin E. P. Seligman, PH.D., titled, Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life. In this book, Mr. Seligman contends that many people learn how to become helpless due to negative outside forces (i.e. events, people, situations) they have been exposed to
Continue readingAlcohol and Drug Abuse: A Dead End
“First, you take a drink. Then, the drink takes a drink. Then, the drink takes you.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald *All statistics and core statements within this article have been taken from a presentation given by a counseling representative in cooperation with Families First. If you drink regularly, then alcohol
Continue readingThe Conflation of Western Philosophy
With the entire world watching, it seems we are standing upon an ever-contracting precipice, staring into the great abyss of a post-American and post-Western civilization; an ideal and identity once respected for its many freedoms, possibilities and alluring aspirations. I am not so bold as to claim that the West
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