It rained and was just one of those depressing, crappy Fall days where there's no doubt that Summer has packed and ready to leave. I painted and listened to The Wild Side - Stories of human encounters with wild life and music about feather, fur, and fin. Among the many stories was a great whale story and one about an alligator named Chainsaw. The ( Read more... )

On CBC there's an interesting and enlightening program called Age of Persuasion. Host Terry O'Reilly explores the countless ways marketers permeate your life, from media, art, and language, to politics, religion, and fashion.Segments can be heard at the site ( Read more... )

How do you define real? Some physicists theorize the universe is a three-dimensional illusion - a hologram. Others theorize the universe is a big quantum computer running a cosmic program that produces ourselves and everything around us. Welcome to the matrix. Well, almost ( Read more... )