Ever notice how it's always "that infernal racket"? As if it's supposed to invoke the crazed sounds that some restless devil would make? I think my upstairs neighbours must be breeding a legion of the buggers because I've gradually lost count of the incessant footsteps above me. It's either that or they're holding footraces for pot-bellied pigs in ( Read more... )

Dedication is a remarkable thing. For those who possess it, any other way of life is entirely foreign to them. The concept of procrastination utterly alien. But for those who lack it, life is an interminable series of flickering deadlines and pointless wastes of time. It's interesting, because both people exist solely in the spaces between ( Read more... )

Welcome, my friends, to the show that never ends. The UN has recently completed a board game called "The Road To Peace," designed for 10-12-year-old kids from Afghanistan. The game is intended to help the children deal with the realities of their lives in a positive manner, but realistically, it comes off as quite trite. Here are some of my ( Read more... )

APPEARANCE
2 a : a sense impression or aspect of a thing
b : the world of sensible phenomena

and

REALITY
2 b : something that is neither derivative nor dependent but exists necessarily

At times, this whole "philosophy" thing becomes rather worrisome.  Harking back, I can remember a time when the most pressing concerns I had were how many " ( Read more... )