I fired a friend today. (I don’t throw the word “friend” around casually; this was someone I was close to.) That I can recall, I’ve not done that before as an adult. This was brought about mainly by my severe and sustained disapproval of how she (didn’t) handle personal adversity. It was aggravated by the … Read more
I think I was 20 years old the first time I tried to watch THX 1138 (1971). It’s the feature directorial debut of George Lucas, and it’s generally considered an important science fiction film. Simply put, it’s the story of what happens when two members of a drugged-into-compliant-oblivion society decide to stop taking their prescriptions … Read more
I’m as skeptical as a Christian comes. In fact, I’m sure many would claim I don’t qualify for the Christian label at all, what with my insistence on prefacing it with “agnostic,” my skepticism that there are actual beings called angels and demons around us, my skepticism that there is a literal place called Hell, … Read more