Observations on the world and its inhabitants
If you are looking at a twenty-two-year-old science fiction television series, you will find the visual effects are undeniably dated. The pacing belongs to a different era of broadcasting. It features people in leather jackets flying spaceships. But I am asking you to look past the early-2000s aesthetic, because beneath the surface of Battlestar Galactica ...
There’s something devastating about hearing your own story sung back to you with such raw honesty. When Teddy Swims sings “I said I would die for you, baby, but I can’t take this pain no more,” he’s giving voice to an experience that too many men carry in silence. The Invisible Wound Men aren’t supposed ...
Some say the ‘human mind’ is a wonderful thing. I’m not so sure about that. Lots of wonderful things have not so wonderful things about them. Those who look only at the brighter side of things will be more certain than me. I look at both sides and I consider human nature. I’ll avoid a debate ...
Lately I’ve been thinking about ‘support’. As always I ask, “What does it mean?” What do people think it means? What people don’t consider in providing or receiving support is that it can be dysfunctional or destructive. The reasons why the latter are almost never considered or weighed in the balance, are: A macro-cultural view ...
The following is my response to an article in the FT on 2020-12-26. Tough if you don’t have access. I felt compelled to respond, but I’m not sure why – as it is none of my business to educate the masses of mainly stupid people! So I’ve been wondering, “Why do I bother?”. I’ll think ...
