“I think about it like this,” Bart said. “We are confined to the present, but this moment we’re living now has, for all of history, been the future. And now, forever more, it will be past. Everything we do sets… Read More ›
Education
SERVING UP DISTRACTIONS
“The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship, you don’t have to waste your time voting” ― Bukowski C. Back in the halcyon days when… Read More ›
A HAIRCUT WITH SLOTSKY
“Someone can decide it’s in their best interests to agree to something, but a choice is only really a choice if there’s a genuine alternative. Otherwise it’s manipulation and it’s taking advantage.” ― Jane Harper, The Lost Man The… Read More ›
LIFE LONG DUPE OR KNOWING CO-CONSPIRATOR
“Mystic ways may not all travel but life’s riddles we can unravel.” ― James Tunney, The Mystical Accord: Sutras to Suit our Times, Lines for Spiritual Evolution For those growing up in NE Pennsylvania in the early Eighties, it… Read More ›
THE WRONG INVESTMENTS
“Outrage is conditioned not by the nature of the atrocity but by the affiliation of the victim and the perpetrator” ― Patrick Radden Keefe, Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland A couple nights… Read More ›
MORE SINS OF OMISSION
“The world of [comic book] collecting is not a pretty place. For a bunch of guys who like good-over-evil stories, you sure meet a lot of morally bankrupt assholes.” ― Seth, Wimbledon Green: The Greatest Comic Collector in the World… Read More ›
THANKSGIVING RUMINATIONS
“The tiger will never lie down with the lamb; he acknowledges no pact that is not reciprocal. The lamb must learn to run with the tigers.” ― Angela Carter Another Thanksgiving has come and gone and we now find ourselves… Read More ›
WHAT WAR?
“Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.” ― William James “Hello”, said… Read More ›
AUTHENTIC VOICES
“Ralph also took some classes in philosophy and literature and felt himself on the brink of some kind of huge discovery about himself. But it never came.” ― Raymond Carver, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? My biggest challenge, and… Read More ›
A DERELICTION OF DUTY
“The great philosophical question goes: if a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear, does it make a sound? But this is a troubling question, exalting one kind of being above all others. What then… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 