Pic of the day:  Sternbrucke in Weimar, by Christian Rohlfs ___________________________ I’m glad mushrooms are against the law, because I took them one time, and you know what happened to me? I laid in a field of green grass for four hours going, “My God! I love everything.” Yeah. Now, if that isn’t a hazard [...]

Pic of the day:  The Outcast, by Sandro Botticelli “Dammit, I forgot to make the coffee, booohooohooo…” ___________________________ Happiness, whether consisting in pleasure or virtue, or both, is more often found with those who are highly cultivated in their minds and in their character, and have only a moderate share of external goods, than among [...]

Pic of the day:  Detail of the mosaic of the Battle of Issus, showing Alexander the Great and Bucephelus. ___________________________ If a warrior is not unattached to life and death, he will be of no use whatsoever. The saying that “All abilities come from one mind” sounds as though it has to do with sentient [...]

Feet up, leaning back on the small chair in front of my computer, listening to Rush, “A Farewell To Kings”.  No worries in the world, except that I’m on it.  That seems to be enough to stir the hornets nest.  Because everywhere I look things just seem… wrong. I look at money.  There never seems [...]

I got into an argument on twitter about occupy wall street.  It was a silly argument, truth be told.  The person I was arguing with was saying that… let’s see if I can remember the charges here… the protestors are money-grubbing dirt-bag hippies who want a handout from wall street.  Another curious claim was that [...]