out on the web

exploring the news... blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah... yes, the links (each blah being one) will lead to a sliver of a sample of the comments or posts i left in response to articles i read out on facebook or other places on the web... nothing quite as universe shaking as the monumental task of the wmap study or a 520mp camera cooled by liquid helium or even something morgan freeman might want to narrate, but hey, you come here to find out what is going on in the mind and life of the writer, your friend, me, so the links above give you a taste of where i have been since i last posted here (which was ages ago, relatively speaking)...

the news is so depressing, really... especially the politics and government... so much corruption... but i still find hope in the darkest of matters and energies... these are strange days... was this what was happening in the roman senate?... were these same human interactions happening in athens or sparta?... or in the other cultures that are not as easily studied because they are not in the western lineage?... and is that why every human culture that has ever grown to be known by history had failed?...

we are making mistakes that will bring down our culture... it is happening already and truth is we don't seem to care... it may not happen in my lifetime, but changes are coming that could dramatically alter our way of life... the rich believe they are insulated from the changes, perhaps, and in some ways they are... but the french elite thought they were insulated once... as did every oligarchy... sparta eventually fell... as did rome... are we going to care before, or after it is too late?...

fun stuff, aye? :}