Category: culture

  • Occupy Wall Street

    I want to put my two cents in about the topic of Occupy Wall Street. If you don’t know what that is, read here. Where I am, in junction with that effort, they do things like this. Now there are a number of things I think about this movement. For one, I can understand people…

  • Critique as a Lifesaver

    I commented this on my friend’s FB wall, but since it seems no one got the message, let me post it here, publicly. First: context. My friend, Bert, shared his thoughts on Occupy Wall Street and that sparked a fair bit of debate. After sharing this link as a summary of his thoughts, he said…

  • Loving Each Other Better

    Yesterday, on the front steps of a church in South Carolina, a man by the name of Trey Pennington committed suicide.  That day, he also wrote this tweet. The thing that gets me is that this person, according to his website and the reports of many that met him on twitter, was really outgoing and…

  • An Open Letter To Those I've "Left"

    Today, I’m down to 175 friends – from about twice that much – on facebook. Let me talk about that with you for a bit; you should be able to read this since I’ve made this a public note. Let’s start with the first, most important thing: I am not doing this because I dislike you. For anyone…

  • In My Absence

    I’ve been absent from facebook for the better part of three or so weeks excepting the occasional like here and there. There was a point at which I posted everyday and multiple times with varying insights and comments and photos from the mall, the store, the office, wherever. Lately, however, I’ve wanted to do that…