Love boiled down to its purrrrrest form. — 2/17/21 Spring House, PA 2100hrs. We had to say goodbye to Binx last night. We thought we were going to lose him a few weeks ago but he bounced back and gave us a few more cherished weeks. I miss him so much. He was not in good shape and…

Existential ramblings and perpetual perishing. — 11/8/2020 Brighton, MA 2351hrs. Nihilism has been bleeding through to the foreground of my thinking. I suppose I always have considered myself a nihilist, which is natural for an atheist, but I certainly never fully understood the repercussions. In leaning toward this belief system, the answer to any question can…

Will COVID-19 be the defining tragedy of our time? — The Great War. The Depression. World War II. The Cold War. Will COVID-19 join their ranks? This the question that occupies my mind on a sixth consecutive day spent in isolation. The sixth of ten? Twenty? One hundred? My company, like most, has implemented a work from home policy effective…

A Quora response — In a war, are the soldiers on both sides typically good people with good intentions, but their leaders have tricked them into thinking that the other side is evil? If so, how can we make military forces worldwide recognize when they are being tricked? Make War, Not Love This is…

Recalling the adventure of youth. — 2/2/19 Brookline, MA: 2003 hrs. I remember my mom coming into my bedroom one night when I was younger. My bed looked out of a large window to a perfect view of the night sky. This was a particularly clear night and my mom sat on the edge of my…

Time is of the essence and only in short supply. — 10/20/19 Brookline, MA: 2259 hrs. “The hardest material obeys the same law with the most fluid. Trees are but rivers of sap and woody fibre flowing from the atmosphere and emptying into the earth by their trunks, as their roots flow upward to the surface. And in the heavens there…