pics & quips from a wandering writer, photographer, professor, reprobate
“Tennis Anyone?“ When good things happen, God is praised: he miraculously cured you of eczema he graciously found your mother a second mortgage he secretly whispered winning lottery numbers in … Continue reading Stray Thoughts #4: Random Observations from an Intellectual Outlaw
“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
“INTELLIGENT DESIGN?“ Is this the ‘best of all possible worlds’? When you look around, do you see the handiwork of an “intelligent designer”? A pair of unjaundiced eyes might notice the … Continue reading Stray Thoughts #2: 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
I’m grading mid-term essays right now. What a bummer! I provide students with several topics to choose from, including this one: The Book of Job asks why bad things happen … Continue reading The Horse & The Fiancé
– A liberating truth that seems simple but has to be learned over & over again – 🙂 🙂 🙂
I have been a lifelong beach bum and, more recently, a convert to mountains & the Wild West, but currently find myself landlocked and bereft of either. Thus, at least … Continue reading Ragged Claws
I understand the need for alternative fuel and energy sources, I really do. But I was stunned the other day at the sight of thousands of wind turbines lining the … Continue reading Destroying the Landscape to Save the Planet
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
STONE SOUP = a disparate collection of prose pieces featuring a narrator who lives on the edge. From falling in love with a cover girl in Los Angeles to getting … Continue reading preface from ‘Stone Soup’
