The Virtue of Pleasure
“The art of life lies in taking pleasures as they pass, and the keenest pleasures are not intellectual, nor are they always moral.” The great Greek philosopher Aristippus was a…
How To Make The World A Better Place
I want to make the world a better place. I want the world to be better today than it was yesterday, better tomorrow than it is today, better when my…
Let It Go
When I was a kid, I was a hoarder. I kept every graded assignment from school. Every toy and every box it came in. Every toothbrush. Every sock with the…
The Ocean (is a Metaphor)
You know the ocean? Beautiful thing. Lots of fun. Surfing and cruising and swimming and scuba diving. Also, it kills people. Every day. And that's not even counting when the…
A Man With No Shoes
"I used to cry because I had no shoes. Then I met a man who had no feet." If you ask my mom, that's a quote about being grateful for…
Just… Chill
Remember my last post? All that uplifting "you can be anything you want to be, we can make the world a better place" crap? This week is the exact opposite…
Mold the Universe to Your Will
Do you remember the old food pyramid? Grains on the bottom, then fruit and veggies, then meat and dairy, then sweets at the top? There's another really cool conceptual pyramid…
A Cure For Emotion
Young Love Starvation And Puppies! Did you ever realize that we are the only species that analyzes and comprehends what makes us feel? Each of those images was designed by…
The Meaning of Life
Have you ever heard the term "epicurean"? It means spoiled, decadent, hedonistic, selfish. And that's totally wrong. Epicurus was a Greek philosopher thousands of years ago. Look him up, you…
The Center of the Universe
You're not the center of the universe. I bet you've heard that for your entire life. Actually, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn1 and I would disagree with that statement. And I'm sure you…