*Originally published to grandtheftworld.com December 20, 2021 “We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force.”…
Tag: musings
End Of The Road?
This is quite possibly the most difficult blog post I have had to write to date. Maybe that is as it should be. When I started this website almost a year ago, I had absolutely no clue what I was doing. I had never built a website before. I had never had any of my…
The Summer of Our Discontent
“Discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.” -Thomas A. Edison Have you been feeling it? A sense that there is something lurking below the surface of perception, permeating into everything. A subliminal itch that keeps calling out to be scratched, even though…
Trade Alert!!!
“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” -Theodore Roosevelt Just over three months ago, I started this website and blog to have a platform to publish my own work. I wanted that platform to be under my direct control, with as…
Say No to the Pricks
Monday mornings are always fun, aren’t they? Of course, I’m being facetious, if you haven’t already guessed. I wasn’t particularly excited myself to wake up on this Monday morning after stumbling across an apparently not so widely seen tweet yesterday. That tweet is below: Needless to say, I probably could have slept better last night…
I’m Taking the Day Off… You Should, Too
“We are telling our kids that nature is in the past and it probably doesn’t count anymore, the future is in electronics, the boogeyman is in the woods, and playing outdoors is probably illicit and possibly illegal.” -Richard Louv In honor of the grass roots holiday that will be celebrated tomorrow, April 20, I’ve decided…
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,…