My father died when I was six. He had pancreatic cancer. In 1982, his form of cancer was nearly untreatable. His early death was almost... »
Spirit
Always Remember
Two people who were important figures in my life died 8 years ago today. One of my brother’s best friends, Christian, a firefighter and a marine was caught in the collapse of the towers, saving people’s lives. We also lost my old girlfriend’s brother, who was a model of a man, a... »
How Do You Measure a Patriot? – A Poem For Our Fathers
My father died when I was six. He had pancreatic cancer. In 1982, his form of cancer was nearly untreatable. His early death was almost certain. We were all too young, but that was how it was then. In 2009, for many of our nation’s fathers, greed and politics have become the deadly diseases. Because of businessmen and... »
Why Are So Many Cultural Pioneers Dying Lately?
Les Paul died today. I was moved deeply by his passing. I own a tobacco-burst Les Paul Classic electric guitar. It’s got a slim neck, the frets are buttery, the pickups are hot. It always sounds the way it should. I saw Les’ ghostly face in the haze of my... »
What Happened Yesterday? Did The Eclipse Mess You Up Too?
It seemed like a lot of people had momentary insanity yesterday. I’m going to go out on a metaphysical limb and blame the penumbral lunar eclipse. Rare astrological events, although they offend many of the skeptics more than most observable events, seem to cause dramatic changes in many people’s personalities. Did... »
We’re All Time-Traveling Psychics – Quantum Physics Shows Why
I’m going to try to keep this simple and understandable. Skepticism is welcome. But I feel strongly that modern scientific studies will come to the same conclusion that myself and many respectable thinkers of our day have already found. Some of the great mysteries of psychic phenomena can easily be explained... »
A Letter to Michael Jackson – Please Forgive Us
Dear Michael, We’re sorry. We’re sorry that you were always followed by lunatic stalkers and paparazzi. We’re sorry that so many comics relentlessly exploited you. We’re sorry that all the good work you did for children was overshadowed by the media’s obsession with perversion. We’re sorry that we built you up... »
The Unstoppable Force or The Immovable Object?
I obsess about massive ideas that attempt to define the universe. Strings? Spinning orbs of light? The God Particle? What are we really made of? Let me offer a theory – we are made up of ideas. Ideas so deeply embedded in our DNA that we don’t call them ideas anymore in... »
How to Quit Smoking Today
So I quit smoking 1 month ago. After 20 years of thoroughly enjoying a habit that was slowly killing me, I finally gave it up. Everyone knows why a person quits smoking: it’s deadly, it’s expensive, nonsmokers think you’re an asshole, etc. The question people keep asking me, the one thing they... »
Your Brain Sucks and This Man Knew Why
Robert Anton Wilson is my favorite author. He was one of those people who was blessed with perspective. To sum him up in one post would be unfair. So consider this an introduction. I plan on touching on some of his transformational thought-gems from time to time. RAW is probably most... »
Crop Circles – Cool Man-made Designs or Alien Contact
I just love crop circles. I will agree that 90% of them seem hoaxy. But come on, you have to admit some of these designs are way too precise and delicately-detailed to be done by a couple drunk guys from a pub who wanted to play a joke on a farmer with... »