I woke up to the sound of falling rain and I wondered, how can the sky not be empty by now? Will it ever be drained?
A few hours of sunshine on a Saturday afternoon doesn't do much to chase away the dampness - everything is damp. "Damp" is the perfect word for what it represents.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Wine
Wine can put me in a wicked mood - wickedly wonderful, wickedly wicked.
The first day of summer and after a mucky morning and middle-of-day, the wind has blown in sunshine and fresh dry air. Moments, days, weeks, months like this - life is so beautiful and wonderful I don't know how I can stand it. I can't, I must melt; I open a bottle of wine.
The first day of summer and after a mucky morning and middle-of-day, the wind has blown in sunshine and fresh dry air. Moments, days, weeks, months like this - life is so beautiful and wonderful I don't know how I can stand it. I can't, I must melt; I open a bottle of wine.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Cozy Cats
No matter what the weather or time of day, it always seems entirely appropriate for a cat to curl up and take a nap.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
The Real Danger
Popular culture in general seems to show that the greatest threat to humanity in the near future is corporate power (scifi movies, stories, etc.). The corporations develop technology that allows people to relinquish part of their responsibilities to humanity, then take over the running of the world, humans becoming dispensable cogs in some great machine.
I don't think it's possible for any one corporation to develop such power as long as there is a free market in which there is constant competition, causing corporations to rise and fall with the times. The real danger is government - it doesn't go away, and once it gains any measure of power it does not let it go.
Government gains power by separating us from the consequences of our decisions. We weaken, losing our ability to function in the face of true adversity. We lose our ability to think and fight. If we continue to let government take over we will a situation in which we will need those abilities more than ever before.
Government can survive only as long as there are productive people feeding it. We willingly give a portion of what we have to government recognizing a need for centralized organization and authority. When we start to question the organization and authority, the transfer becomes confiscatory. When the government has taken all and killed any desire to be productive, we will be in great trouble.
There are already factions in power that value organization and authority above humanity. The seek to have humanity devolve into a tidy blob of simple needs that is so much easier to manage than a messy collection of complex individuals. When things go wrong they blame corporations, after having warped market forces so badly that the corporations do not live and die naturally.
Corporate power threatens government power. A steel cage match between the two might be what we really need.
I don't think it's possible for any one corporation to develop such power as long as there is a free market in which there is constant competition, causing corporations to rise and fall with the times. The real danger is government - it doesn't go away, and once it gains any measure of power it does not let it go.
Government gains power by separating us from the consequences of our decisions. We weaken, losing our ability to function in the face of true adversity. We lose our ability to think and fight. If we continue to let government take over we will a situation in which we will need those abilities more than ever before.
Government can survive only as long as there are productive people feeding it. We willingly give a portion of what we have to government recognizing a need for centralized organization and authority. When we start to question the organization and authority, the transfer becomes confiscatory. When the government has taken all and killed any desire to be productive, we will be in great trouble.
There are already factions in power that value organization and authority above humanity. The seek to have humanity devolve into a tidy blob of simple needs that is so much easier to manage than a messy collection of complex individuals. When things go wrong they blame corporations, after having warped market forces so badly that the corporations do not live and die naturally.
Corporate power threatens government power. A steel cage match between the two might be what we really need.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Shrinking Moon
I like it when the moon follows me home, but I wish it didn't get so much smaller on the way.
Stomach Distress Reconsidered
I did accidentally swallow a piece of gum Thursday afternoon. Maybe that is why I didn't feel well yesterday. If gum can do such things to one's digestive system, there really should be a warning on the package.
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