“Morality is a test of our conformity rather than our integrity.” -Jane Rule If you are anything like me, and god help you if you are, then you have spent a considerable amount of time observing the other people around you and trying to figure out why they do the things they do. Why does…
Three-Card Monte Strikes Again
“And the nature of magic is all in the person’s experience. Whether the magician is using a highly complex sleight of hand or he’s just got two cards that are the same, it doesn’t matter: it’s how it is sold and how magical it is for the person that matters.” -Derren Brown If you pay…
The New Upside-Down
“The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well.” -Alfred Adler Do you remember the first time you heard another person utter the phrase “the new normal?” Maybe you do; maybe you marked it down on a calendar or some other sort of record-keeping device in order to commemorate the occasion. Maybe…
A Note for Readers
Although in my mind it goes without saying, some of you may find yourselves at odds with the subjects and/or opinions that I may choose to write about. I am not here to argue whether or not you should feel the way that you feel about these things; that is your right as an individual,…
We All Walk the Long Road
Together we have traveled a long road to be where we are today.” — Thabo Mbeki So where are we, exactly? That’s a loaded question if there ever was one; and made all the more difficult to answer by the fact that the more pieces you use to construct the picture, the more complex and…
Where Are We, Anyway?
Waking up is often slow, and sometimes painful… I don’t remember the exact date; it may as well have been yesterday, because that’s what it feels like. But there was a day, somewhere in that nebulous cloud we call the Past, where waking up into the world felt different. And not all at once, but…