Have you ever had a lucid dream? One where you could just bend reality to your will — fly freely by thinking, become POTUS, rule a banana republic (two things that are becoming tragically similar), or propose marriage the famous person …
Category: Life Tagged: Content Warning Life Non-religious post Non-technical post Prose WritingMonth
Read MoreI got into a humorous discussion with a good "FediFriend" today about cloning and necromancy. The result of our rather bizarre conversation was that I would write an article on necromancy if he would write an article on cloning.
His resultant article was not at all what I thought it …
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Read MoreYet again, I had planned to write about healthy mourning, and yet again, what's on my mind being hijacked by what's rattling around in my heart.
There is this innocent, necessary, and healthy stage of mourning that is also so terribly cruel: the …
Category: Life Tagged: Content Warning Life Loss Non-religious post Non-technical post Philosophy Prose WritingMonth
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Read MoreWell, one month later.
One month ago, I said goodbye to my furry best friend.
I've thought about him every day, several times a day.
Nearly every day, I find myself thinking,
"Well, I've got time, I can stop by the house and …
Category: Life Tagged: Content Warning Life Loss Non-religious post Non-technical post Prose WritingMonth
Read MoreSo, last night I stayed up late carefully putting up my cat's effects: food bowl, water bowl, litter tray. I washed his carrier (because he peed in it when he was sick) in the washing machine. I was scheduled …
Category: Prose Tagged: Life Loss Non-religious post Non-technical post Philosophy Prose Content Warning
Read MoreI have a most peculiar skill (for a monoglot): I can read and sing Azerbaijani (Turkish).
Now, I don't understand it. But I can (slowly) read and recite it, and I have learned to sing about a dozen songs, almost all of which were sung by Rashid Behbudov, a popular …
Category: Philosophy Tagged: 100DaysToOffload Language Translation Bible Non-technical post
Read MoreI was thinking about the difference between a kingdom and an empire, and the difference between a king and an emperor.
Let's start with some basic definitions...
Category: Ethics Tagged: Bible Christianity Ethics Language Philosophy Non-technical post
Read MoreSix years ago, I found myself sitting in a classroom in one of the most beautiful, über-modern buildings on campus. I was in a graduate course surrounded with incredibly intelligent and kind classmates (a rarity in grad school in my experience, sadly), and two very experienced, passionate, and sophisticated professors …
Category: Philosophy Tagged: Beauty Philosophy Non-technical post
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