To excuse

We are much quicker to excuse what we like or deem customary or necessary.

Every day

Every day is an anniversary of infinity.

The path

If suffering is the only path to achievement,
how far along it should we travel?

On religion

Religion is the ketchup of philosophy.

New poems

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Nothing

Nothing is as disturbing as realizing what your friends and neighbors think is real and true.

Pretense/Pose

There are worse things than false bonhomie, but not many.

The Pattern

What if all we are is a pattern that recognizes patterns?

Made and Unmade

Roanoke Review has accepted my poem "Made and Unmade" and will publish it in their 2020 edition.

You have chosen

Never look to the one you have chosen
to follow for reassurance.

The mind

The mind knowing itself
is the mind knowing its model of itself.

If you only

If you only see, say, do
what others see, say, do,
then what is the point of you?

When you can

Choose wisely: things are often easier to pick up than they are to put down.

Everybody sing!

These are a few of my least favorite things:

Authoritarianism, tribalism, anti-intellectualism, magical thinking, and violence.

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The madness

When madness goes viral, stand firm, stand sane, even if you must stand alone.

Distraction

In the face of annihilation, there is only one recourse: distraction. This goes a long way toward explaining both our psychology and our society.

What isn't

What isn't natural is trying to define something as natural or unnatural.

Late Utopia — right on time!

FedEx just dropped off my copies.

A success (Dylan)

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.

Bob Dylan