This thought has been slowly forming over many years. It became particularly clear to me one spring day in Venice, and that stayed with me for a few years before it submerged again under the murky confusion of an unravelling relationship. The clarity returned this year due in large part to the Cirque Du Soleil/Beatles …
Category Archives: Random Thoughts
The Many Lives of…
So I find myself at yet another crossroads… or perhaps more accurately, standing in the desert with countless roads stretching out in all directions. I feel that I have already lived many lives, and experienced a few deaths to boot. In the beginning there was this bizarre childhood, something I have been incapable of approximating …
A Day of Goodbyes
So tomorrow is the day that Battlestar Galactica draws to a close and I must say farewell to a cast of characters that I have grown alarmingly attached to. Don’t get me wrong, I love media, especially television, but no show has ever impacted on me the way Battlestar has. If you haven’t …
All this shouting
I write this post mainly as an appeal to anyone out there who may be on the verge of breaking up with his or her significant other. My request is simple: take it seriously. While you are all wrapped up in your rationalizations over why this is the right thing to do etc …
Fearless.
Yesterday I watched some people arguing over Obama’s order to close Guantanamo Bay. There was only one guy on the panel who attempted to make the case that this was a bad move. His reasoning was very revealing. Essentially, this guy was saying that if closing Guantanamo Bay raised the possibility that …
The Arc of Human History
Having a general opinion about the arc of human history is kind of like having a general opinion of religion. It’s just not that simple. However, we all do form these opinions and then we stack up evidence to support our decision and in the process become convinced that it was never a …
Shameless Unplug.
CNN just did a story about portable power devices for laptops and cell phones. The problem is that the batteries on these devices have not evolved while the power demands of the devices themselves have increased significantly. The result: devices that can do more for less time. The solution (according to CNN) …
Death by prohibition.
I received news recently that a distant family member (one I had never met) was shot to death in a “gang-related incident.” This young man was in his early twenties and from what I am told was merely the victim of bad timing and- more to the point -bad laws. He did not …
Bang Bang, My Baby Shot Me Down*
I haven’t written anything in awhile. Not just here on the blog, but in general. The problem is not the blank page for once, but rather a distaste for the style of thought floating through my head these days. I like to think of myself as a positive person. Not in …
The Unspeakable
Assassination. There, I said it. It invariably comes up whenever I am talking to people about Barack Obama. The parallels are too stark to ignore. Most of us had the same reaction when we first heard Obama give a speech: he sounds like JFK, RFK, and MLK jr. all wrapped into …