The Philosophical Phenomenon

"Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, 'Get that son of a bitch off the field right now, out, he's fired. He's fired,’” -Donald Trump to an Alabama Crowd 9/22. I have a simple question to ask everyone. Is Colin Kaepernick the first athlete to protest during the U.S. National Anthem? The answer is no. Standing on the Gold and Bronze medal podium, during the 1968 Olympics, US sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos, lowered

On May 22, 2007, the day my son opened his eyes for the first time, I was high on oxycontin. To this day that memory haunts me to my core, this day and every other day since, so in some ways, I guess it was the best worst day of my life. At that point, I had become really good at hiding my addiction from the woman I loved, and when I tell you we were in love... I mean Kitty and Marshall Dylan had nothing on us. We were Johnny and June Carter, we were the noiseless racket in a

This whole discussion makes me want to go to college. I want a professor like this guy. How lucky we have the internet and can learn things on our own if we search hard enough? This is the political philosophy class at Harvard University. I love sitting with people and being able to discuss the what if’s of things. I love asking questions and discussing possible answers. I want to have moral and political philosophical debates in a calm, rational, and respectful way. That’s w

I'm trying to think back, we're talking 14 or 15 years ago.. nearly a lifetime it seems. I saw Elmer when I was a freshman or sophomore in high school, he worked with my step dad and he came around every once in awhile. Oh, boy wasn't I smitten.. One afternoon my best friend and I sat at my house waiting for him, he was supposed to come by with a memory card. He pulled up to our drive way and we watched him out the window squealing like the teenage girls we were. I calmed mys

After writing this I sent it over to Alexis to be read, I knew it was all jumbled, and confusing, and pretty whiny, so as in all good partnerships - I deferred to my partner. She read it and her response was better than I could think of, as it so often is, she said, "It is whiny and all over the place, but I think you should still post it. It's a really good example of an inner monologue and most people will agree with what you're saying." That made more sense than my whole

After I watched this talk I showed it to everyone for probably a year. I feel like there is a lot of negativity associated with growing up in the north - or maybe we can call it realism, either way, there isn’t as much optimism as I’ve experienced in other parts of the country. I tend to always lead toward the side of optimism, I believe with the right attitude accomplishing things becomes easier. Whether you think you can, or you can’t.. you are probably right. Just remember

This video was shown to us by Dana Zewiey. I found it incredibly interesting! Thank you, Dana! Ten tons of cement poured into an ant hill to discover exactly what they look like from under ground. I found this phenomenal, and since that is in our title.. I tend to want to share things that are phenomenal. What an incredible discovery to see what an ant city looks like. It’s beauty in nature, it’s amazing to see how they work together like humans do. And it’s kind of terrifyin

Advice from a dying 24-Year-Old Click the link above ^^ and read the letter.. This man gets it, too late to change his life. Maybe that sounds harsh, but it's reality. If we cannot be truthful with ourselves about reality than we minds well be living as robots, much as the article makes life sound like. When we are not mindful and present in our bodies, we are not living. I can attest for that. People often feel sorry for me because of my disease, but the truth is.. I often f

I just love this video, I really enjoying delving into the human mind. I think Jon is a great journalist and a fantastic story teller. I’ve listened to him on a few things and always find him very interesting. I plan on picking up a few of his books soon. This Ted talk was the first time I encountered Jon and have showed it to many people who like intriguing things like I do, now I want to share it with all of you! I hope you enjoy Jon’s story as much as I do! Do you see peop

I was writing another post and something I wrote made me write this one. It was all part of one post but I went a little too far out on a tangent, so I decided to make it it's own post.. you can kind of see that it jumps around a bit, but I left all the nitty-gritty in there to make certain points. Feminists are going to have a field day with my posts, but I’m explaining emotions here and they are not always P.C. Damnit, so many people are going to hate my posts. K, Social Ju