This dream catcher is several months old, but it has served well.  Only recently I have started having dreams again.  I have always enjoyed my dreams.  This one had my brother in Costa Rica, having bought a camp ground, was running it and a little deli restaurant by himself.  I noticed how much happier he […]

We don’t take the time or effort to understand beyond the headlines.  Headlines suggest and we fill in the gaps without any input.  It just SHOULD be easy to understand, so we make it easy.  It isn’t true, but it is truthy and easy to put in a headline. Truthiness and its relation to Climate […]

The guy behind the counter at a coffee store just glowed.  I mentioned it to him.  He acknowledged it, then went to the next customer.  He was competent, smiling slightly, open and “on”.  I said “you positively glow today” and he nodded. Last night I had a dream.  Parts of it were extremely lucid, especially […]

Skepticism doubts all proofs without regard for the fact that all proof, all skepticism is itself based upon the existence of proofs and the lack thereof. There are several bases for skepticism, and many social and philosophical movements that call themselves some form of skeptic.  The Scientific Skeptics seem to have little more purpose than […]