Poetry, Prose & Philosophy from Life
Several weeks ago I was at work and we were all talking and socializing after work, it was late and we were deciding what to do for dinner. Everybody involved in this conversation was white, except one person, of who was African American. The African American co-worker made a work related comment about some ideas … Continue reading My Experiments in Racism, part 1
I know another man. He awakes each morning to soft chimes from his iPhone; then scrolls facebook, tumblr, path and twitter as prone. He reTweets and shares some articles on Mother Jones; solely based on their titles, to him they are complete unknowns. He climbs in the shower and washes his body face and … Continue reading Hubris and Hedonism
My motivation for writing this blog is not to upset people or to dismiss the wonderful work people are doing in cancer research. I am writing this to open the door to the notion that cancer could be thought, to a degree, as self-inflicted and it would be prudent to put effort into negating this infliction. … Continue reading on Cancer
Dear Lifetime Network, I have the sincere intent to have children someday and there is a coin-flip chance that this child will be female, and as an Internet search inquiry tells me, Lifetime Network is the most popular network for women. From this, I examined your webpage and my discovery thereof has put me in … Continue reading A Lifetime of Social Challenges
Part 1, Escape All of this started several Sundays ago while I was minding my own business and doing my normal Sunday things. I woke up, made coffee, took the dog for a walk and then took a nice long shower. But afterward, I went back to bed, as I was feeling especially lazy … Continue reading Escape and Release
Today is Memorial Day and I am bombarded with Facebook posts that are asking me to take the time to honor the men and women who have served our country and not to passively and disingenuously dismiss Monday as being only instrumental in allowing for a three-day weekend and an excuse to drink in excess … Continue reading The Memorial Day Illusion
We need to find a way to drive sales and sell more makeup. How about we open the store early and invite our richest customers and call it a "VIP" event. That's a great idea!! But what makes this event special? We can play makeup commercials and have a raffle- everybody loves prizes! Maybe we … Continue reading The Logic of Beauty Trends
I am in that state where I couldn’t, for the life of me, determine if I am drunk or seasick. Or maybe its possible I was just sick. If I was ill would the other’s notice? Would they kill me and toss me over the side of the boat to avoid me from contaminating the … Continue reading Memoirs of an Immigrant
My favorite part of the day has always been the first instant you wake up in the morning and even if you are in the same place you normally awake- it all seems new. It’s like being born over and over again. I was lying in a bed and although I was covered in layers … Continue reading Finding Sartre
A Letter to a Christian, I have recently had some conversations with several Christian friends about the notion of same-sex marriage and I thought I would examine this in further detail. I have heard them say that it is not a matter of discrimination, because people who are gay or lesbian have an equal right … Continue reading to the Hypocritical Christian
Nothing's Sacred 