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Leviathan Revisited

April 13th, 2011 | Published in Contemplation, Essays, Writing | No Comments


I’d first like to begin by saying I’ve written about this topic [intlink id="leviathan--story-time"]several[/intlink] [intlink id="every-little-thing"]times[/intlink] already. But while those were basically artistic impressions, this is an outright essay on the mild disquiet I feel every day while embedded in this society, and what probably causes it. I’m warning you right now that it’s exceedingly long… about twelve pages going by word-count alone. You’ve been warned.


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Portrait of a Heart Surgery

January 6th, 2011 | Published in Contemplation | No Comments


PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: L transposition of the great vessels, dextrocardia, double outlet right ventricle, pulmonary stenosis, atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect, single coronary artery.


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Socially Retarded for Science!

August 22nd, 2010 | Published in Contemplation, News | 10 Comments


I’ve been feeing irritated again with my inability to interact naturally with people, and of course I wanted metrics quantifying the phenomenon. So I headed over to Wrong Planet and stocked up on tests.


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Variations on a Theme

December 14th, 2009 | Published in Contemplation | No Comments


What exactly do you do, when you realize there’s nothing seems interesting? That you don’t want to meet anyone, because there’s a limit to the elements that influence the human condition, and people are nothing if not predictable, instinctually driven automatons ultimately devoid of novelty. We’re creatures of habit, of our environment, of parenting, of [...]


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Grasping at Air

December 4th, 2009 | Published in Contemplation | 2 Comments


It’s funny, how we grip so tenaciously to the labels that bind us. Those essentially meaningless syllables that rattle with vowels and consonants but are lost to history and tradition. Do we really identify with these words? Or are they surreal and disjointed to the majority, only accepted as society demands? Your name is probably [...]


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