Cute Neighbor I have this really cute neighbor. I came home and there were a bunch of cops outside her apartment. Not just regular cops, but a couple of plainclothes cops as well. I saw her talking to them, she lives alone, so I don’t think that anybody died. I was at this bar […]
Editorial Magic
Invention of Writing Without question, one of the most profound inventions of human history was written language. Humans have been able to speak and think for at least 50,000 years, but written language has only been around for a few thousand. This means that for most of human history, our thoughts and words were […]
Life’s Viciousness
Clint Eastwood Samurai There’s a lot of similarities between the Clint Eastwood cowboy character and a lot of man-with-no-name samurai characters. In fact a lot of the Western movies with Clint Eastwood were remakes of Japanese period piece Japanese samurai movies. The idea that drives evolution is natural selection and you’ll find natural selection […]
Wait Until He’s Dead
Math Teacher There was this math teacher at this public high school in a kind of a low income middle income area. He was a very clever, very manipulative math teacher. He would target females. He liked the young under aged females, but he would pick them very carefully so that their parents wouldn’t […]
Cycles Of Corruption
Three Periods Of Japan You can separate Japanese history into roughly three very broad categories. The period before the first military ruler took over all of Japan, the period during that time, and the period after that. The period before that is commonly referred to as the “warring states.” If you’re a fan of […]
Poison Snakes And Unintended Outcomes
Funeral For A Friend I saw friend a couple of days ago and he was just coming back from a funeral. I asked him who died. He told me, and it happened in an accident that was in the news a few weeks ago about a building that had collapsed. When I first saw […]
Modern Human Sacrifices
Downtown Psychic Shop There’s this very interesting psychic shop downtown. It’s not a stereoypical psychic shop. When I think of a stereotypical psychic shop, I think of something with maybe a hand on the front with an eyeball painted in the palm. Maybe a picture of a crystal ball. Maybe some tarot cards. Maybe a […]
Never Trust Satan
Laundry Room Issue So the other day I was sitting in my local laundromat because the machines in my apartment complex were being repaired. I had just put my clothes in the dryer and I was sitting there waiting for my clothes to finish drying and I noticed there was a woman sitting next to […]
Origins Of Modern Civilization
History of Metal I watched a very interesting video a couple days ago about the history of metal. Not heavy metal music but actual metal. The kind of stuff you get out of the ground, melt down and form into tools that you can use. It turns out that the discovery of metal and […]
Dirt Is Important
Two Types of Civilizations If you look back over the long history of human civilizations you’ll find two basic types of civilizations that have popped up over time. The first and most common type the most people think about is the agriculturally based civilizations. These had these cities and these empires that were built […]