tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91725322011-04-22T00:45:55.369-04:00A virtual window looking into the life and mind of one man.psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.comBlogger1661100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1142092897464995502006-03-11T10:52:00.000-05:002006-03-11T11:01:37.493-05:00

I started blogging to help me organize my thoughts and ideas. It served its purpose well in the beginning. However, after writing about the heavy topics I pretty much ran out of things to say.I've also tried writing about day to day things so people that come around have something to read. Unfortunately, I have really bad short term memory so when I write about those things they are missing a lot

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There is some very disturbing news on the freedom of speech front. Apparently a Muslim complained about Piglet (and all pigs) and got him banned from the British government offices solely because he is a pig. For some reason Muslims don't like pigs I guess and so no one else should either. This isn't the first time that people have caved to the complaints of some in the name of political

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1137080829521526032006-01-12T10:40:00.000-05:002006-01-12T10:50:06.676-05:00

Lately I have only been blogging about traveling, not much is really happening with me except work so we'll stick to that topic until something blogworthy comes along. :) I'm teaching in Boston at the moment, I'll head home for next week. Next weekend I'm going to stay in Boston for fun, fly out to NYC again from Logan and then back to Boston for another weekend.I hope all is well with everyone!

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I made it back from NYC in one piece. I'm sure you've already heard that there was a strike but it only lasted for a couple days. It really caused some havoc in Manhattan but since I stay at a hotel in the Wall Street district and the place I work at is a couple blocks away, it wasn't too bad for me. When something happens in the city like that it seems like everyone kind of bonds within the

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Hello All,I thought I would give you a little update from my NYC trip. So far it has been fun. The class for this week is almost over and it went well. I thought I might have some trouble with the impending MTA strike, I'm only a few blocks from Wall Street where I am training, but some of the students would have a hard time getting in if the subway shut down. Apparently the deadline that was

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I'm gonna be in NYC for the next couple weeks working. I haven't blogged lately so you probably aren't going to miss much. I'll still visit though and if I can, write a real entry again some day! ;)

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"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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This is my bi-weekly/monthly apology for not blogging. So sorry!Anyway, I'm in the process of reevaluating what I want to do with my life. Lately, I've been seriously considering and researching taking 6 months or more off to travel around Europe. I'm thinking about visiting Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria for extended periods of time to learn about their cultures (maybe even learn

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This is one of the scariest things I have ever read. The FBI's Secret Scrutiny.National Security Letters, originally started in the 1970s, were used to privately monitor suspected terrorists and spies. Since the Patriot Act that power has extended to monitoring phone, electronic communication and financial data on anyone, regardless of being a suspect in a crime. All fill in the blank for any FBI

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I took the Blogging Personality Quiz at About Web logs and I am...The PunditI like to blog about a specific topic of interest that I am passionate about - be it business, politics, technology, law, education, entertainment, or literature. I blog regularly and I welcome relevant discussions about my topic. I have a constant thirst for knowledge. Well I think the blogging

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Here are some of the last pictures we have of Zach. These are my favorites of him in Iraq. I feel very lucky to have them, because when someone dies, these images mean more than you can possibly imagine. This was in Saddam's palace just after it was taken over.The kitten's name is Sylvester. He was a stray that the guys in the barracks found and adopted. You can send boys to war but you can't

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At the moment my limited writing ability makes it hard for me to convey my thoughts on (virtual) paper. I'm still a novice so my ideas usually lose something in the translation. I am continually working to improve though.In previous blog entries I have written about individuality, philosophy and freedom. There is more I plan to say about these topics and hopefully, in time, be better able to

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Ok, I'm heading down to Boston for the weekend. Then I'm going to be out in Houston for next week, and back in Boston for the weekend after.

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Another personality quiz.DATAA controlled personality with a vast range of skills and behavior, you are often intrigued by the people and places surrounding you.

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Not much on the work front this month. I only have 1 teaching gig coming up in a couple weeks. Seems I'll be heading out to Houston the week of the 24th. I've never been to Texas so if anyone reading this is from the area, suggestions are welcome for after work entertainment!It's raining at the moment, pretty dreary so I don't think I'll be going out tonite. Maybe I'll just stay in and watch a

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I was going to write about what I did in Cyprus for my next entry. There were a lot of fun adventures and it was definitely a good break to recharge the batteries. However, I have other things that are on my mind and want to get out. I have been in a mental rut for quite some time now. For the last four years I have been in survival mode. There was just too much happening that I couldn’t

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How often do we let our past memories dictate decisions of the present? We are comfortable with past results so we continue to do it or we know that a particular decision may be bad so we avoid it. Why mess with a good thing? Is it really a good thing? If you look at this way of thinking closely it rarely results in progress. What we are doing is defaulting on the risk/reward proposition.

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Hi everyone! I'm back from Cyprus and wanted to let you know.I actually remembered to take pictures this time and I've just put them up on flickr. At the moment I haven't added any comments but you can browse them for now. I'll tell you when I've added details. So without further ado you can view them here:Cyprus Trip 2005Now I have to catch up on two weeks of blog reading!UPDATE: I have added

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Not forever, sheesh! I'm heading down to Boston tomorrow then Cyprus on Saturday. I won't have computer access until I get back (which is a good thing). When I return I'll have pictures and probably a few juicy stories.I hope you all have a good few weeks. I know I will! ;)

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Yesterday Psichron and I went to another cookout, this time with the relatives.This is the street where I grew up. It actually has more of an angle but for some reason you can't see that from the picture. Much fun on bikes, bigweels and makeshift moving devices - and many scraped body parts.This is our Dad, master of the grill. Oh, and Casey licking the propane tank.This is Debbie, our

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Saturday we had a little gathering. I got a little camera happy (and I think people started getting a little annoyed with me) ;). Most of the people here are Psichron's friends but they are all pretty cool and a good time was had by all.This is Psichron, my brother, at breakfast when he suddenly found out I was packing - the camera that is.This is Bill, Psichron (a.k.a. Taco) and ConradHere are

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Not much happened last week in class so I figured I'd write about something else.A little background here. Maine's state government has very poor money management skills. They overspend the money taken from taxpayers consistently. Since governments don't make money they must increase taxes to get it from those that do.Maine is a relatively small state yet has very high taxes. I think it is a '

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Philosophy is the study of nature, causes, and principles of reality. When you experience life and build up knowledge, you are building your philosophy (whether you identify it as such or not). Philosophy is not hand wavy; it is the process of understanding the truth of reality. We learn how reality works so we may live in accordance and harmony with it. To survive and thrive in reality we must

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Harry Potter Personality Quiz by Pirate Monkeys Inc.I'm usually an INTJ but it was fun anyway. I saw the first two Harry Potter movies when they came out but never read the books. Hermione is the little girl right? She's the smart one of the lot. ;)

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“Just what is it that America stands for? If she stands for one thing more than another it is for the sovereignty of self-governing people.” - Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924) My Comments: In less than 100 years the philosophy that made this country great has degraded to the polar opposite. How wonderful it must have been to have lived during that time.

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Yay! Photo bloging. I just got a new digital camera for my trip to Cyprus. Now I don't have to mess with the crappy camera in my cell phone.Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure.This is my living room. Wow.This is my computer setup.This is my shoe. (I ran out of things to take pictures of in my apartment)

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For some reason I get hits from the search term "How do I know if a boy (or girl) likes me". I have no idea why, I haven't given out dating advice before I don't think. It seems like it's a problem though so I'll give it a shot.From what I have gathered in the dating scene, when a girl likes you she will make an effort to spend time with you. If you are on a date she will touch you (leg, shoulder

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Some people have misinterpretations of what Objectivism is and others have no idea what it is. I am copying the core of the philosophy from ARI (Ayn Rand Institute) for those that haven’t looked into it (I hope I don't violate any copyright laws by doing so).Objectivism, holds that: Reality exists as an objective absolute—facts are facts, independent of man's feelings, wishes, hopes

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"Come, review your days and your years, call them to account! Tell us how much time you have allowed to be stolen from you by a creditor, by a mistress, by a patron, by a client. How many people have pillaged your life, when you did not even dream what you were losing!" - Lucius Annaeus Seneca ( 4 B.C.-65 A.D), Tractatvs de Brevitate Vitae.

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When I was finding a quote for the day I found the last one that I think is really good, then I found this one and it opened up a bunch of thoughts that I wanted to comment on. So this is kind of another Quote of the Day with comments:     "The eclectic is a philosopher who, by riding roughshod over prejudice, tradition, antiquity, universal consent, authority, in a word everything that

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"I will say nothing of philosophy except that it has been studied for many centuries by the most outstanding minds without having produced anything which is not in dispute and consequently doubtful. I did not have enough presumption to hope to succeed better than the others; and when I noticed how many different opinions learned men may hold on the same subject, despite the fact that no more than

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I just found this add-on from Blogger called Word for Blogger. It allows you to compose your blog entries in MS Word and gives you a toolbar button to publish it directly from the document. Apparently you can open and edit previous entries as well. I’m going to try it to see if it works.The only thing that I would like to see added is the ability to remove posts.Update: Ok, it only seems to let

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I've been thinking about my updated Life in Progress entry and came up with what I consider a better understanding. Sloth had mentioned genetics and nurture being factors in the way people judge and act (at least that's what I think she meant). I have always thought that as well but didn't have a well thought out explanation. When she mentioned these things though, some concepts that I had

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Some of you have already read my previous entry on Life. I was thinking about it this morning and there were some clarifications and additions that I wanted to make. What I will probably do is update this to reflect my philosophy periodically. I may at some point expand it to include all aspects of my complete philosophy like metaphysics, ontology (subcategory of metaphysics), epistemology,

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“I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.” - John Locke (1632 - 1704)

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When I first started training three years ago the idea of travel was actually a perk for me. I'd be jetting all over and seeing new places. At the time I needed anything to distract me from the bad things happening in my life.I see a lot of New York, Philadelphia, D.C., Baltimore, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Miami, Raleigh, etc... I'd actually seen many of them before but this was different, I

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If you've noticed me visiting your site (with a hit counter) a bunch of times, pay no mind. I'm writing a Linux shell script to automatically download my favorite blogs so I can read them offline when I'm on the road. Some debugging was required and I had to re-run it a couple times to get it to work properly.Its actually pretty cool. I can download all my favorite blogs, get all of the archives

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"We must take into account both the underlying purpose and all the evidence of clear perception, to which we refer our opinions. Otherwise, everything will be filled with confusion and indecision." - Epicurus (341–270 B.C.)

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I found this web site called Learning Styles Online that has a test to determine which styles you use to learn new things. Here are my results:Visual 12Aural 10Verbal 7Physical 7Logical 10Social 8Solitary 16It wasn't surprising that I was weighted heavily on the solitary side. What is interesting is that I am highly visual as well. It

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I’ve been trying to think of a way to creatively narrate the last two weeks of work on the road. I just can’t seem to come up with anything entertaining or interesting. So I will sum up. The last three weekends I spent in Boston in between training. Mostly just hanging out with my friend, patronizing our local pubs like Excelsior and Cornwall’s. We did end up trying a new place across the

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“It is the individual's task to differentiate himself from all the others and stand on his own feet. All collective identities... interfere with the fulfillment of this task. Such collective identities are crutches for the lame, shields for the timid, beds for the lazy, nurseries for the irresponsible.” -- C. G. Jung

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It’s been a little while since I talked philosophy. This time around I wanted to get into my views on ‘society’ and relationships. In particular the realization long ago that ‘society’ is a myth. You may be thinking, ‘What does he mean by that? Every other word coming out of people’s mouths, news and governments these days is the word ‘society’. How can it not exist?” ‘Society’ is

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“Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege.” -- Unknown

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Here is a blog entry requested by popular demand. Well, Megan requested it and since she is one of my two readers and the other one abstained from voting, it is unanimous! That’s 100 percent in favor. It’s new math. Leave me alone. I guess I’ll talk about my trip to Chicago then. To me it was pretty normal and uninspiring but what do you want for nothin? It started out like any other

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Hello all. I just wanted to write something so you knew I was still alive. It has been crazy as usual with all the traveling. I just got back from Baltimore (and a couple weekends in Boston). It actually turned out to be a really good time. Other than some major traveling snafus (very late flights and credit card screw-ups) the week went well. I thought it might be a nightmare. There were

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Last night I had a really wierd dream. Everything I thought of doing in it had a probablility of success. So every action I took was strangely calculated by what kind of reward could be hoped for.I'm sure it has a lot to do with the fact that I've been playing Texas Hold 'Em a lot lately, both in real life and online. If you don't know what Texas Hold 'Em is, its poker where you are dealt two

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“Happiness depends upon ourselves.” -- Aristotle

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As you probably know by now from reading my blog, I am uncompromising in my selfishness. The way I think of it is guiding my actions in support of my own life with the potential result being a feeling of happiness (not the definition that most people use to describe someone who takes advantage of others for personal gain). This label I wear as a badge of honor. Because of the commonly

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Well it's time to get back to work. I'm flying out in a couple hours to Philly for the week. I figured I'd post this now because you know how bad I am at updating the blog when I'm on the road.Of course, I would much rather be back at the beach house in Charleston but they don't pay me to lie (lay..laid? ::perk::) around drinking all day. Is there a job out there like that and I don't know about

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1117812372627785722005-06-03T11:23:00.000-04:002005-06-03T11:26:12.630-04:00

I never do blog of the day posts but this girl is so funny:Miss Doxie

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I’m finding it difficult to write in my Blog lately. Sure I’ve been busy traveling and on vacation but really I could find the time if I could find the motivation. I do have things I am thinking about and want to write down for clarity, it’s just that my nature is to think things through internally. Writing is something that I want to get better at but it takes time to make it habitual.

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Ok, I know I haven't posted in a while. It's been pretty busy.Two weekends ago my brother and I went down to Boston. Just before I left I got my schedule for the next month. It happens that the weekend after our trip I was to go to Toronto. Well Portland doesn't have direct flights there so I could fly down to DC and then up to Toronto or fly out of Logan in Boston. I decided the second was the

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1114629141836640252005-04-27T15:10:00.000-04:002005-04-27T15:12:21.836-04:00

“To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.” -- Anatole France (1844 - 1924)

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Gill commented on yesterday’s Quote of the Day asking if justice can be objectively defined. I posted a comment in reply but it is a good topic and deserves to be expanded on. Justice is the fairness resulting from a particular action. Justice is blind in that if you do something that is in support of life then the life will be extended. Something that is detrimental to life will end up

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1114454432392966652005-04-25T14:40:00.000-04:002005-04-25T14:40:32.393-04:00

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” -- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)

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I can't believe what I just read. Schapelle Corby, an Australian woman is being held in Bali on drug trafficking charges. The Australian Prime Minister Howard is just sitting by and watching while an Australian citizen is on trial and all the witnesses that prove her innocence are being ignored. There is a petition to get the Australian government to protect her as a citizen and see that justice

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The funk that is and it has been this way for quite some time. I can feel it lifting though. Probably because it is spring like weather here finally. I’ve spent a lot of time alone to gather myself. During this time I have also neglected a lot of things that I need to do. That in itself piles up and makes a mountain of stuff to procrastinate about and weighs heavy on me. Soon though I know I

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“Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.” -- Oprah Winfrey Note: I’m not a big fan of Oprah. She has become very rich by exploiting the insecurities of women. By doing shows that give women excuses to the issues that ail them she is not fixing problems, she is pandering to it for the purpose of amassing a fortune (much like

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One of the things you learn in life is tolerance of other people's ideas. It took me a long time to actually practice tolerance when discussing an idea (most would classify my old style as aggressive negotiations). If I thought I was right I would argue till I was blue in the face with rage at the other person’s stupidity. One example that all of my friends probably remember was an incident in

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1112986620131643152005-04-08T14:53:00.000-04:002005-04-08T14:57:00.133-04:00

Every once in a while I enjoy a good fiction. It is usually hard for me to find one that is interesting. There are a lot out there that I consider ‘canned’ fiction where the plots are just rehashes of whatever the latest best sellers are. Sometimes I won’t read because my eyes get tired easily. So I will default to a movie but I enjoy those less because they are limited in detail. Many of

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“Reality is a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs.” -- Lily Tomlin

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1112902535577159932005-04-07T15:35:00.000-04:002005-04-07T15:35:35.576-04:00

Ever since daylight savings and the time change I haven’t been sleeping well. I will go to bed between 11pm-1am and I have woken up almost exactly 3 hours after falling asleep and not being able to sleep again. So I’ve been a little out of it but I decided to write something. Bear with me ;)When you have an idea on how something works, a concept within the bounds of a particular context, and some

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1112735975651965202005-04-05T17:19:00.000-04:002005-04-05T17:19:35.653-04:00

"When you make a mistake, admit it. If you don't, you only make matters worse." -- Ward Cleaver

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My mental hack and slash filtering mechanism led me to disregard Geonomics by Henry George based on the article I read by Caspar Davis called Reclaim the Commons on the same website my brother referenced. Mr. Davis says that this geonomics would charge taxes on environmental assumptions of ‘bad’ causes as part of the land use tax. He also mentioned use of the money from land (labor) production to

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1112643420705951932005-04-04T15:34:00.000-04:002005-04-04T15:37:00.706-04:00

Again, I'm posting the comment I made on my brother's site on another of our debates. This one is about the tax base and a system called geonomics by Henry George.-----I find it interesting that in the late 1800s to early 1900s the tax on households was between 2-4%. Now it is 40% and the government continues to outspend even that. Just think that for 125 years we grew into one of the most

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1112286336210311122005-03-31T11:23:00.000-05:002005-03-31T11:25:36.210-05:00

"It's a great way to preserve a society's secrets: write them all out in such a way as to be so bloody boring that nobody can actually bear to read them." -- Gill, Sometimes It's Peaceful Blog

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I was over at my brother's site Psicron's Blog and replied to his entry on Time Banks. Since I am lazy I figured I would post my reply here and use it as my own entry since I put some time into thinking about it. :)---Well I'm all for putting at least a base value on non-capital time but right there you are setting up a default value on someone's worth. That person or others may value their time

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1112217873704450652005-03-30T16:19:00.000-05:002005-03-30T16:24:33.706-05:00

I got an e-mail from the Governor of Maine, well his Deputy Director of Constituent Services who is also the webmaster, in regards to setting up Blogs for our public officials. They really liked the idea and are in the process of a large website overhaul so the timing was good. They are looking into it and from what I can tell they may actually do it.As for the interview for the Portland Press

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Not that kind of alone time (get your mind out of the gutter!) I’m talking about a strong urge to be alone.I’ve noticed about myself that I have that urge about every two months. It’s like a cycle. Most of the time I am willing to go out and do just about anything but not when I feel this way. When the urge hits, I need to retreat. I don’t want to go out and see anyone or hear voices. I need

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1111690207467404832005-03-24T13:49:00.000-05:002005-03-24T13:50:07.466-05:00

“Underlying the whole scheme of civilization is the confidence men have in each other, confidence in their integrity, confidence in their honesty, confidence in their future.” -- Bourke Cockran

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One of the things I have been thinking about is how hard it is to know what our Representatives and Senators are doing at the State and Federal levels. There is no one source of information unless you want to study the reports put out on their voting records. Unfortunately most will not go to the trouble to get them and even when they do we still don’t know why they voted for or against. This

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1111518173208322062005-03-22T14:01:00.000-05:002005-03-22T14:02:53.206-05:00

"You know the Greeks didn't write obituaries. They only asked one question after a man died: "Did he have passion?" -- Serendipity (2001)

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I’ve spent my life trying to figure out the right and wrong ways to do things. Some would call me a perfectionist, others that I am anal-retentive. Probably I am a little (or a lot) of both.Either way that is why I got into philosophy. Learning from other people’s observations and correlating it with my own experiences has taught me to see through propaganda, advertising and people that want to

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1111436402999319032005-03-21T15:16:00.000-05:002005-03-21T15:20:03.000-05:00

On the heels of my last blog entry I want to state clearly: I love the idea of America.This country was created from the highest moral goal of freedom for all. The Declaration of Independence begins with the undeniable statement that “all men are created equal, that they are endowed [snip] certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to

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“Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.” -- Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891

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I was going to write a blog entry on a different topic but while doing research on freedom I got a little outraged. Therefore, this one is going to be about the so called great freedom protecting country a.k.a. The United States of America.Let’s look at the formation of this country and the Bill of Rights. Again with the Bill of Rights you say? Well it IS why we aren’t speaking with a British

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1111082541356495262005-03-17T12:29:00.000-05:002005-03-17T13:02:21.370-05:00

In high school I was taught that anarchy meant ‘looting in the streets’, ‘everyone shooting everyone’ and ‘survival of the fittest’. In essence Anarchy=Bad. At the time I really didn’t care and just accepted what they told me. When I started hearing it in philosophical discussions later in life I felt fear at its mere mention.The dictionary describes it in three ways:1. Absence of any form of

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I saw this on someone else’s site and it definitely deserves Quote of the Day."Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!" -- Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)

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Optometrists say that the actual detail that we see with our eyes is only the size of a nickel. The rest of the image is ‘simulated’ by our brain and that simulation makes up the rest of the picture. In essence we see but we must focus on a particular thing to truly know a particular detail.To expand on that idea I think it has a direct corollary to how our minds work. Each of us finds something

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1110999479574935782005-03-16T13:56:00.000-05:002005-03-16T13:59:06.286-05:00

After posting a quote from myself I found it to be a little too narcissistic for my tastes so I am going to put my assertion in as a ‘Statement of the Day’ instead.“If your ideas are true the litmus test is whether you can convince someone of their validity or whether you must force it on them by creating a law.” -- Psuche

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Everyone has different ideas for what a particular things value is. The only common denominators between all humans are that we want to live and we want the freedom to interact with people based on mutually beneficial trader relationships. The only moral thing is trading value for value. If I value something and someone else values something and we agree on a trade then we are both happy. Anyone

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1110913538360439932005-03-15T13:46:00.000-05:002005-03-15T14:05:38.363-05:00

"When technology advances to the point where any information is available to everyone, the people that wish to enslave you become afraid. They will do everything within their power to prevent you from figuring out the truth of their motives. That is when laws are passed and the government, the instrument of force, is wielded against the people and their idea of morality is exposed.” -- Psuche

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1110909871778104602005-03-15T12:50:00.000-05:002005-03-15T13:04:31.786-05:00

OK, time for another list. I found it on another blog and figured I would fill it out. Copy it if you want and post yours too!INSTRUCTIONS:1. Copy this whole list into your journal.2. Bold the things that are true about you.3. Whatever you don't bold is false.01. When I was younger, I made some bad decisions02. I don't watch much TV these days03. I love olives04. I love sleeping05. I own lots of

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“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.” -- Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)

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Some of you may have heard of him. He is ‘Public Enemy no. 1’ to the United States. At this moment they are aiming all of their guns and might against him. Why? Because Mr. Anderson is the biggest known tax evader ever.What is his crime? Well he didn’t like the government stealing his money to the tune of 200 million dollars. The other thing is that he valued his privacy and didn’t think the

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1110824147454822872005-03-14T13:09:00.001-05:002005-03-14T13:19:25.386-05:00

I like the 'Next Blog' button at the top. Sometimes I just feel like checking out random sites and seeing what is out there. The problem is that it can be such a waste of time.With all of the different languages available it can be hard to find one in English (sometimes a French one will come up and I can get the jist of it). Also there is the constant problem of finding the marketing and

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1110738836338326462005-03-13T13:33:00.000-05:002005-03-13T13:33:56.340-05:00

“Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.” -- William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1110736233243570892005-03-13T12:39:00.000-05:002005-03-13T12:50:33.246-05:00

As you have probably noticed I read a lot on all kinds of different topics. All of them I find interesting for some reason. Usually I am browsing the web and something grabs my attention because of something I have been thinking about.When you teach as a profession (or try to teach anyway) communication is key. What you have to say is sometimes less important than getting people into the ‘mindset

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1110732459028572202005-03-13T11:43:00.000-05:002005-03-13T11:47:39.030-05:00

The Constitution is the set of rules of our government. It was designed to limit and list all powers that the government should have in its role of protecting the freedoms of every individual. The Bill of Rights was included to list all of the guaranteed rights of the people.The one that I want to talk about is the right to bear arms. The reason for this right wasn’t for personal protection or

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1110689838927767642005-03-12T23:42:00.000-05:002005-03-12T23:57:18.930-05:00

There are many different ideas as to what constitutes art. Some people think that if you just put pen, paint or sounds out there that represent feelings then it is art. That isn’t enough for me. I studied art for many years and went to an art college. Anyone can think up random things and put them to paper or bang on an instrument. Actual art requires creativity and skill combined to achieve a ‘

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“Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.” -- Malcolm X

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I’ve just completed reading ‘Clear Thinking’ by Hy Ruchlis and I promised a review.The format of the book is well done. Mr. Ruchlis takes the time to make a point and back it up with anecdotes as well as a questions and answer section. At the end of each chapter is a set of questions that reinforce the chapter and the answers are at the end of the book. It reminded me when I started reading of a

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1110049094760118372005-03-05T13:51:00.000-05:002005-03-05T13:58:14.763-05:00

I’ve said before that I blog for my own sake. I do blog to get out what I am thinking and I find it to be a release. However, that isn’t the whole truth.When I write my ideas down I want people to read them. To get comments and have readers means people find value in what I have to say and weigh it against thier ideas. Comments, whether good or bad, are a positive thing. It facilitates

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1110041406009751872005-03-05T11:48:00.000-05:002005-03-05T11:50:06.010-05:00

"I am a Western man. I love logic, science and technology. I love individual rights, free markets and wealth. My virtues are methods, and I love successful methods because I love my life. I love to improve my virtues, and to learn new ones, because I know that progress is the law of successful life. Everyone—from anywhere, of any race—who loves these values is my friend. Together we'll leave the

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1109968646108911332005-03-04T15:32:00.000-05:002005-03-04T15:37:26.110-05:00

Every once in a while ideas just click into place. It is called an epiphany where you have a sudden comprehension of the meaning of something. So a moment ago I had an epiphany. I can’t claim that I came to this realization on my own. All of the pieces were there but I just couldn’t see it. Most of the ideas came from Objectivist philosophy but they also came from the practice of Zen meditation,

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1109875536161814292005-03-03T13:45:00.000-05:002005-03-03T13:45:36.163-05:00

“Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.” -- Malcolm X

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Let’s take a moment to perform a little mental exercise. I want you to imagine when you file your taxes this year that you wrote across the form in big letters “NO”. When they come knocking at your door tell them that if they want your money they must ask for it and you will voluntarily give them some but only for the services that you feel are necessary. What do you think would happen?I’m sure

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1109795925698281112005-03-02T15:29:00.000-05:002005-03-02T15:38:45.703-05:00

Concepts are incredibly important. They are our knowledge of things that we mentally create to understand the nature of reality. We create these concepts by using our five senses that directly link us to this existence. With this information we derive the logical links from other like instances or occurrences to create concepts. Every idea that we have and every action that we take is done on the

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1109698752988734242005-03-01T12:36:00.000-05:002005-03-01T12:39:12.990-05:00

What has gotten Psuche so down lately? The first thing is the weather. I never really knew how much winter affected my general outlook. In the last 10 years I don’t think I have spent an entire winter here. I lived in Florida, when I moved back up here I would travel back to Florida, San Francisco or Cyprus in the winter. This is really the longest I have spent in the cold and dark at one time

psuchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14735078496908399641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172532.post-1109627215365994172005-02-28T16:43:00.000-05:002005-02-28T16:46:55.366-05:00

A long time ago I was a waiter at Denny’s (For those that don’t know it is a 24 hour diner). I would work the 11PM-7AM shift. During that time you meet a lot of different types of people like the drunks, truck drivers, exotic dancer and others in the service industry.You learn a lot about people when you wait tables. Particularly you learn a lot about the ones that have never been in the service

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