I have few creative irons in my mental fire. I am creating a second blog that I want to devote to the many social issues of modern life. I also want to start writing and producing my own cyberpunk zine. I also don’t want to write when I don’t have to… Continue reading
I Can Read Your Mind
“The emotional situations and moral dilemmas that are the stuff of literature are also vigorous exercise for the brain, propelling us inside the heads of fictional characters and even, studies suggest, increasing our real-life capacity for empathy.” ‘kay, whatever, I’m gonna play Call of Duty now. Continue reading
Keeping Literature Alive. Also, Money!
The 316,480 published books in 2010 shows that people still want to read. While I believe we are entering an age of shorter attention spans and portable libraries, I see no reason to believe good writers will go out of style. Instead, they merely face a few challenges. If writers follow a few stylistic rules and use technology to their advantage, they can speak to the modern crowd with the power of our most revered authors—and maybe earn a living in the process. Continue reading
Morality Unpacked
To better understand how to explain ethics in a strictly philosophical context, I decided to write about four aspects of ethics that come together to create an ideal picture of a civil society. I consider this ideal society a utopia (and therefore unrealistic and inaccessible), but we have to at least set a standard. Continue reading
April 23rd Update
I just have a few updates. In a little over a month (June 1st) I will move to Portland, Oregon. I have planned this since the Waldo Canyon Fire in the Summer of 2012, and it is finally coming to fruition. Once settled there, I will have my associates degree and more time to focus … Continue reading
Marriage Equality: Let’s Be Reasonable
The fight for marriage equality has resorted to angry, irrational screams, each crowd demanding to be heard. No revolution has been fought without a bit of rage, however. If we need this social reform now (and I believe we do), I would promote a war of the minds, civilized protests, and anger, because the rhetoric that is born from passion speaks many volumes louder than the man in the street encouraging civil, rational discussion. Continue reading
The Girl Who Went Out and Bought Stuff: A Tale of Mystery and Suspense
I like the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series as much as anyone else, but the reviews don’t always seem to match up with the text. I read these on the inside cover of The Girl Who Played With Fire: “Gripping stuff…a nail-biting tale of murder and cover-ups.” –People “Give up on the idea of sleep … Continue reading
I’m Published
A little over a week ago I posted my first article on a young but quickly growing blog dedicated to intelligent discussion and essays unfiltered by political, religious, or personal censorship. It’s all about free (intelligent) speech. The site is called U.S. Represented. I decided to write my first article for the site on tricks … Continue reading
15 Minute Energy Review – The Fault In Our Stars
John Green is one of my favorite living authors. He writes very intelligent young adult novels about some of the toughest facts of life, and he does so with blunt grace and fake references to modern culture. For other writers, grace and bluntness may cancel each other out. But John has a way of showing you the unfortunate … Continue reading
Transcend! – A Post-Scientific Frontier?
“Science is no more than an investigation of a miracle we can never explain…” ― Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles Continue reading
Think Tank Pancake 