I have been pondering economics for years. If I had had more facility with calculus, I probably would have pursued my interest further in college. Instead, I decided to study accounting. Eventually, I got as close as I could to figuring out what is going with money – I became an auditor. But I still…
Category: Musings
Here I Go Again, Inspired
Here I go again. My heart is swelling with love and a deep desire to be with people that I love in a very special way. I first fell in love with these people back in late January 2011. At the time, I thought these people lived in Egypt. Day after day I watched them…
A Peaceful Memorial Day
I have struggled with this day, and its close cousin Veteran’s Day, for quite some time. My struggle seems to be the result of dealing with the conflict between my beliefs and the popular beliefs that surround Memorial Day. The intention of the holiday is to honor the soldiers who died in the wars of…
The Cost Of Domination
Most everything seems to cost more nowadays. Everyone has to pay more and more for what they want. Even those with relatively unlimited resources like governments and the mega-corporations that run them may not be able to afford all that they want. The thing they seem to want most is control, control of power, control…
The Illusion of Reality
We have all seen them. Posts on social media with images that we suspect are not real. Sometimes, they are photos that have been altered by sophisticated software like Adobe Photoshop. This has become so common, we even created a new verb to describe it – “photoshopped.” Although this can be kind of scary because…
Spiritual Suicide
As has been reported in multiple places lately, suicides are increasing. According to the latest information from the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, in the U.S. more people died from suicide than in auto accidents. Yes, the number one cause of accidental death for decades has been replaced by suicide. And that is not…
Forgiveness
Like many, I have been closely monitoring the news about the Boston Marathon bombing and the ensuing manhunt. As I write this, one of the two bomb brothers has been killed and the other is on the run somewhere in or near Watertown, MA just outside Boston. People in the area are hunkered down, public…
Popes Can’t Quit, Can They?
Well, I guess this was a surprise to a lot of people. The media has been rife with unseemly stories about the Papacy over the last several months. First there was the mafia money laundering scheme involving the Vatican Bank. Although the bank reports “directly to the Pope,” the bank director took the heat and…
“A Few Odds & Ends”
Solar Schenanigans This is a very interesting video. Somehow a large sphere showed up next to the sun right in the middle of a solar prominence. How did this happen? No one knows. Gilhad Atzmon Last night I had the honor of attending a powerful talk by author-activist and musician, Gilhad Atzmon at the Peace…
Ten Months And Counting
Wow, I can’t believe its been ten months since my last post and these are my sins… Whoops, I slipped into my Catholic indoctrination there for a minute (yes, it really is called Catholic Doctrine). Seriously, it has really been a long and very eventful time since I last posted to this blog. I knew…