I'm sure we've all heard a variation of this one (most likely expressed as an ethnic joke):

Once upon a time, Jack decided to leave his tiny village and seek his fortune in the Big City, twenty leagues away ( Read more... )

I need to revisit the first post I made under the " Feed Your Head" tag:

Pessimism is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
So is optimism.

-- distilled from Robert Anton Wilson,
"Ten Good Reasons to Get Out of Bed in the Morning".
I need to put this up over my desk, so it's the first thing I see every morning ( Read more... )

Okay, kids. Politics time.

First: On Elections.

rodant-kapoor just said everything that needs to be said about yesterday's special election in Massachusetts.

Second:On Activism.I've heard some comments that there's more to participating in democracy than just saying, "I voted; now it's their turn to sort things out ( Read more... )

A statement like that might seem to need qualifiers, but really, it doesn't.

I don't know what the hell I'm doing.

About very nearly anything.

Pessimism is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
So is optimism.

-- distilled from Robert Anton Wilson,
"Ten Good Reasons to Get Out of Bed in the Morning".

My thinking is broken. I've assimilated unhealthy memes.

Taking control of my life means, first and foremost, taking control of my head.

Re-Reading List:

• Robert Anton Wilson, The Illuminati Papers ( Read more... )