pics & quips from a wandering writer, photographer, professor, reprobate
“SMOKE & MIRRORS?“ Why is it taboo in nearly every corner of our culture to question religion? Religion is so sheltered from criticism that it allows perfectly sane/intelligent people to believe … Continue reading Stray Thoughts #3: Random Observations from an Intellectual Outlaw
“THE WARM FUZZIES OF BELIEVING” Can a belief give life meaning and purpose? Make people happy? I’m ecstatic because I’m going to marry Sandra Bullock. I know in the depths … Continue reading Stray Thoughts #1: Random Observations from an Intellectual Outlaw
“A demagogue like Trump is what you get when you turn culture and the press into burlesque.” – Chris Hedges – Postmodern, post-humanist, post-factual – there seems to be … Continue reading Thoughts to usher in a New Year
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE BELOW “I view meat cutting as an art” In my online humanities class I ask students at the beginning of each semester to introduce themselves, and in so … Continue reading Art Redefined
I had to give this sign in Kansas a double take before I caught the spelling error. But it reminded me of a sign I past in South Georgia a … Continue reading Dumb & Dumber
It’s difficult to cheat on an open-book multiple choice test. But yesterday an online student accidentally emailed me prima facia evidence of just such a snafu, prompting the following conversational … Continue reading Jehovah’s Witness Coed Cheats On Exam, Pastafarian Professor Forgives Her
– A liberating truth that seems simple but has to be learned over & over again – 🙂 🙂 🙂
No electricity No running water Native language not written down Religion passed down orally from generation to generation Such is the way with the oldest continually inhabited community in the … Continue reading Different Drummers
As a teacher I never backed away from a fight. My job was to provoke, to engage, to strike a match & kindle the G-Spot in a virgin intellect. So … Continue reading Alley (oops!) Abstracts
DID GOD ABANDON HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE DURING THE HOLOCAUST? part of an ongoing discussion of “Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People” In a hut in Auschwitz a group … Continue reading God On Trial
SUFFERING ALLOWS POSITIVE CHARACTER TRAITS TO DEVELOP? part of an ongoing discussion of “Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People” Hemingway once said something about how life breaks everyone, … Continue reading Attempted Solution #5: Virtue
Do We Need To Prove The Existence of God? – part of an ongoing examination of the question: “Does God Exist?” – Is it possible to PROVE the existence of … Continue reading The Burden of Proof
