The spectacle of the Olympics does not help LGBTs
Years ago, I remember turning on the Rachel Maddow show and learning about some things going on in Uganda. Â Usually when you here about some horrific thing occuring in a third world nation you listen...
View ArticleMental Illness in my community
The mentally ill are usually the first people to be effected by budgetary cuts, and the latest ones are no exception. Â I'm starting a group dedicated to talking about issues that have to do with mental...
View ArticleThe public has spoken on Syria. Perhaps "growled" more then spoken.
This afternoon I went out for something to eat. Â As I left the Italian restaurant I'd been in, I saw a small cluster of people on the other side of the street holding up peace signs and various...
View ArticleMy letter to Chuck Todd, regarding how he serves no function.
Dear Chuck Todd and MSNBC:I was absolutely stunned when I read the following:MSNBC host Chuck Todd said Wednesday that when it comes to misinformation about the new federal health care law, don't...
View ArticleSo what happens to me if we default?
So what happens to me?I am a 44 year old man living in Colorado. Â Despite my best efforts for many years, including graduating from a career school, I am still on SSI for disability reasons. Â I'm not...
View ArticleGravity reviewed
Gravity is the best movie I've seen in a long time. Â I don't recommend that you wait for this to come out on DVD, because this is the sort of movie that should be seen on a big screen. Â The movie opens...
View ArticleOver the cliff through self-interest
It's not unusual for people to speculate as to the intelligence of Republicans. Â Ted Cruz is, I am informed, a graduate of Harvard. Â I would speculate that few morons graduate from the institution, but...
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My walk into town
This is the bridge along I-25 in Pueblo. Â I have to walk under it and come up around the other side to reach a sidewalk that will allow me to walk into the main part of Pueblo, and I make that trip...
View ArticleThe feast of Samhain
Halloween has been a holiday for longer then Christianity has existed. Â It has had many names, but it represents something that many have forgotten. Â Most think of it as the irritating time of year...
View ArticleMy proposal to help the NSA
I recently learned that the NSA is having trouble responding to requests for information. Â I decided that as a patriotic American, it was my duty to help out.Americans are inundating the NSA with...
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If all money is created out of debt, how can we pay it off?
Well multiple choice can be boring so you can write in your own E.My solution is to give up on paying off my credit cards and survive off disability and EBT until I write a book. If the book things...
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How the Wall Street culture endures
Martin Scorcese is a Director who I like, but when I saw the previews for one of his new movies coming out, I had to stifle a groan, because I was pretty sure that I knew what was coming.Simply put, he...
View ArticleThe Progressive Writers Group
Writers live in a different world today then even ten years ago. The internet and electronic publishing has altered the opportunities for writers. In some ways it has actually made writing more...
View ArticleThe show on climate change they don't have on networks.
I watched an episode of Chris Hayes where they were talking about another issue, but Chris Hayes made a passing comment about the level of CO2 in the air that I thought was interesting. It occurred to...
View ArticleThe character's voice
I've always felt that one of the characteristics of better writing is that each character is given his own voice. This can be done in a lot of ways. If you understand what the characters desire and...
View ArticleElon Musk releases his patents for Tesla
A few hours ago, Elon Musk opened his patent technology for electric cars for use by others. He said that the will not sue anyone who "in good faith, wants to use our technology.An article talking...
View ArticleThey say they are waging class warfare. I wish we were.
There are a thousand things wrong with today's society. Although most of those things have been wrong for awhile, many of them have been getting worse for some time.Unemployment, the diminishing...
View ArticleAdvice you should never give to the suicidal.
Sometimes people give well meaning advice that has a terrible effect.The coverage of Robin Williams death went in a strange direction when I read a story that revealed something that Robin Williams...
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Morning Open Thread - Leonardo's Science
A san of one of his sketches of his proposed 'Ideal City" Hello, I'm martian expatriate and I'll be posting morning threads on Tuesdays for awhile. I'll try to keep it interesting. I'm writing this...
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It's been nice meeting all of you. I hope I'll be back.
For the last four years, I've been working on a story that I wanted to tell. I've updated it many times. It isn't just text. I realized that I think in visuals, and I needed to make it an animated...
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