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  • Roses perfect in every moment

    These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are… There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence. Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • “Why ain’t you rich?”

    America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, ‘It ain’t no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.’ It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though…

  • Dinner out at Hummus Place

    This was in 2013 at the 9th Street location near Tompkins Square park in Lower Manhattan that no longer exists, which is a shame. It was a great place to get tasty, reasonably priced Middle Eastern food with fast access to a park to relax afterwards. I liked the vibes in that area as well.…

  • Broken social structures

    If you see someone being attacked and you step in to help them and you injure the attacker, the attacker will sue you and most of the time you’ll lose in the lawsuit. If you see an injured person and try to help them and the person dies, the family will investigate you and sue…

  • 42

    Just got a random call from someone about Medicare benefits. I told her I’m not old enough. She asked me how old I am and I said 42. She hung up on me. It was probably a scam call, but all I can think about right now is the answer to the meaning of life,…

  • Walking down a narrow street in Tel Aviv. 2014.

  • Comics

    Saga continues to delight and entertain. I really enjoy the author’s sense of humor and writing style and the art is excellent as well. The art isn’t elaborate like in Monstress by Marjorie Liu, but it’s clean, bright, and engaging and fits the tone of the story. The story also makes sense. Unlike in Monstress,…

  • Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel. 2014.

    Hopefully, this won’t be a once in a lifetime trip. It was incredible and overwhelming, honestly, but it was also a school study trip so it wasn’t an experience that I could share with my wife, which was a bit of a stumbling block to my full enjoyment of the sights and sounds of the…

  • The divine nature of reality

    Never forget that the universe is a single living organism possessed of one substance and one soul, holding all things suspended in a single consciousness and creating all things with a single purpose that they might work together spinning and weaving and knotting whatever comes to pass. Marcus Aurelius This is an interesting take on…

  • Migration and Suffering

    This post was written in February 2020 but I left it sitting as a draft until now. I’m trying to get more involved with my blog again so I’m going back through old drafts these days. I was thinking about Buddhism and Stoicism and how these philosophies might apply to current events, and after reasoning…