Watching a TV show or a movie demands that we become, to a certain extent, irrational. Depending on the show, we’re expected to let go of what we believe in or what the world actually is like, and to believe, for 20, 40 or 90 minutes takes, in a world that is in large part… Read More Loving Mulder & Dean: How much is too much, or More Musings on Edward Obsession
I was once told that leading a chaste life takes so much energy it’s almost impossible. He was referring to chastity in the broader sense of the word, i.e. not only not having sex outside marriage, but also not dressing in a provocative way & controlling one’s urges and thoughts. If you talk to people… Read More Chastity, sexuality and the ‘lovely’ murkiness porn creates
I just spent the evening watching some delightfully scary stuff and I have to say, thank goodness people will never learn. Seriously, how many scary movies have to be produced before people understand that when you are in a car and hear a weird noise, don’t go out to investigate – turn the dratted thing… Read More How many movies does one have to watch before one gets it?
I usually enjoy irony – but this one was anything but, especially with the holiday season approaching. A little under two weeks ago, a North Carolina teenager who had done her high school senior project last year on drunk driving was killed by a drunk driver not that much older than her. Shannon Nicole Adkins,… Read More The kind of irony I don’t like
Seriously, all this talk about how evil stem cell research is makes us forget that, when done in the right way, it’s quite a feat, and the miracles the medical community will be able to achieve with it are worth looking into ethical ways of doing stem cell research. Woman given windpipe created in laboratory… Read More The ends do not justify the means, but justify finding better means
We humans are an interesting species. We want to get things done the fastest and easiest way possible, so you would think we would trust the simplest solutions? Logically, yes. But since we are humans, we tend to trust the most complicated solutions. Actually, it’s even worse: we not only trust the most complicated solutions,… Read More Complications for the sake of maintaining the psychosis
I woke up this morning, went to my closet and stared darkly at its contents, muttering to myself that I had nothing to wear and that I should go shopping, promising myself that after the bad couple of days I had had, I would make it up to myself and splurge like crazy. After all,… Read More Voluntary Simplicity, aka Psychosis in a Materialistic world
It never made sense to me, that people would fight for a reason that is supposed to bring them together. A wise friend of mine once told me that as humanity evolves and matures, it will come to realize what religion is really about, and will learn to use it as a tool to bring… Read More No more excuses: Religion doesn’t condone terrorism in its name
While I did not seek a diagnosis from Oprah on my ankle, I did get a link to a lovely article reviewing one of her latest shows, which happens to be about rudeness. And if the last couple of weeks leaning less than gracefully on a crutch have taught me it’s that people are RUDE.… Read More Chronicles of a sprained ankle: Even Oprah agrees
Documentaries can be quite depressing in that they put us in direct contact, in the safety and comfort of our own homes, with some of the worse aspect of humanity. However, they also help remind us why we should continue to help, as much as we can, to “carry forward an ever-advancing civilization”. Many people… Read More Documentary: Congo – Archives from the War