I used to read Tarot cards and do horoscopes. I quit. But… I did the readings for free and had limits on what I’d tell anyone. I expected people to abide by them. I would not read anything for children… Read More ›
Ethics and Philosophy
WHEN NOTHING MEANS ANYTHING
It’s a Friday Flashback! I’m always glad to have a reason to pull this out of my archives and dust it off. It represents years of thought, night-long discussions in college, several obscure philosophy courses and at least one 40-page research paper…. Read More ›
THE RIDDLE OF THE SHIP OF THESEUS SOLVED! By TOM CURLEY
For some reason I’ve been thinking about the riddle of The Ship of Theseus. At this point, many of you are thinking: “What the hell is he talking about?” It’s about a famous philosophical thought experiment. I’ll let Wikipedia… Read More ›
AT THE DEEP END OF THE JURY POOL
I’ve been called to jury duty often. It’s the price you pay for voting because potential jurors are chosen from voter registrations lists. I’m sure they call us in alphabetical order, too. Our last name begins with “A” and we were called early and… Read More ›
HE WHO TROUBLES HIS OWN HOUSE WILL INHERIT THE WIND
Fanaticism and ignorance is forever busy and needs feeding – Clarence Darrow
MARRIED WITHOUT BENEFIT OF CLERGY
I was Jewish when I married Garry in a Lutheran Church. I was fine with that. Garry was fine and both ministers — we had two — were also fine with it. Oddly enough, my entire family was happy that… Read More ›
SHARING MY WHAT?
SHARE YOUR WORLD 2-21-2022 I have a headache. I’ll be right back. First, I need a couple of Excedrin. I got two Excedrin, but lost them between the kitchen and the living room. Considering it’s just about 12-feet from the closet… Read More ›
MARCHING BACKWARD, BACKWARD
This segment comes from the 1960 movie “Inherit the Wind.” The dialogue is virtually a direct quote from Clarence Darrow’s real speech to the judge and jury in the “Monkey Trial” held in Dayton, Tennessee in 1925. In fact, most… Read More ›
SEEING THE FUTURE
I used to read Tarot cards and do horoscopes. I quit. But… I did the readings for free and had limits on what I’d tell anyone. I expected people to abide by them. I would not read anything for children… Read More ›
MY EMAIL’S FULL OF SHOPPING
SHARE YOUR WORLD 11-15-2021 Really, truly, I love Christmas. I may love it more because I wasn’t born to it, but inherited it from non-Jewish husbands. I’m pretty sure no one can joyously leap into the season better than someone who… Read More ›
PLANS
Few of us have a realistic game plan right out of high school. We might think we do, but not long after we start college or end college and start work, we find the profession we prepared for isn’t it…. Read More ›
GREAT, GREATER, GREATEST REDUX – FROM THIS DAY IN 2019
Kind of reminds me of the old talkin’ blues — “I don’t know much about art, but I know what I like!” I don’t know — or care — if the blogs I follow are great, greater or greatest. It’s… Read More ›
INHERIT THE WIND
Fanaticism and ignorance is forever busy and needs feeding – Clarence Darrow
WELCOME TO THE NEW EARTH
I’m often horrified at what this country has become, especially because it didn’t start with Trump. It might very well end with Trump but it began before the U.S.A. was a country, when we decided owning slaves was okay because… Read More ›
DOGMA
FOWC with Fandango — Dogma Unless you count drinking coffee and checking email as dogma, I don’t have dogma to which I feel attached. I do, however, have personal rituals. Stuff I do, stuff in which I believe or at least… Read More ›
BACK IN THE SADDLE — BY GARRY ARMSTRONG
“The Saddle” was a TV studio, WCCA-TV. Worcester Community Cable Access television. It was nirvana for a retired TV news reporter. I was the guest. The hostess was Liz Myska, a lawyer who is also severely visually-impaired and an advocate… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 