Category Archives: Philosophy

Rehab

Posted on October 18, 2018 by sputterpub

Bemoaning all the folks who fail to vote, as if the chads and checkmarks were a choice, perhaps it’s time to look around and note how weak and unregarded is our voice. The jerk who (maybe) won had one appeal … Continue reading →

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First World

Posted on October 5, 2018 by sputterpub

We never wondered how we’d get more food. We always had a roof over our heads. We didn’t act with privileged attitude although we all had clothes and our own beds. Our parenting was adequate. Abuse was rare compared to … Continue reading →

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The Dolphin’s Decision

Posted on October 3, 2018 by sputterpub

The world was watery when life emerged. We know this, though it’s not what all believe. Life reproduced evolving and diverged, and some of its creations grew to leave the oceans. Dolphins stayed though breathing air, while landed mammals lived … Continue reading →

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Unwell

Posted on August 30, 2018 by sputterpub

Our ocean is too warm. Our forests burn too often now, too widely, and the air bears irritants, but most in power spurn the obvious, the facts: that they impair tomorrow with the corporate hunt for wealth, as much as … Continue reading →

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Complicated

Posted on August 21, 2018 by sputterpub

  It’s always been too difficult to solve. When I was young I thought I’d suss it out before attaining age, but we evolve without regard to wisdom and I doubt we’re made for reason or morality. Sure black & … Continue reading →

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The Rise of Ignorance

Posted on August 2, 2018 by sputterpub

Deliberately I choose to walk to BART. The news makes me feel headachy and tense. I figure something on my way will start me laughing or at least deflect. Defense against reality by exercise and air: I’ll breathe in depth … Continue reading →

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Lies

Posted on July 26, 2018 by sputterpub

I didn’t get it when I was a kid. I still don’t understand or recognize a culture that insists I act as bid by portions of a book that sanctifies barbarity, selectively ignored, composed by no one holy to advise, … Continue reading →

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Zero

Posted on June 25, 2018 by sputterpub

Remembering a comic who assured us if we all agreed to not have kids, then we could trash the place, embrace absurd, and advocate what courtesy forbids, I wonder have we reached that era now, without restraining reproduction’s yield? Are … Continue reading →

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17 Syllables

Posted on June 11, 2018 by sputterpub

A small discomfort evokes a response that may result in a pearl.

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The Adversity Advantage

Posted on May 31, 2018 by sputterpub

We’re babies when we notice opposites, so day & night or open/shut are taught with ease, just like we learn which contour fits each hole in sorting toys. With further thought as children, we begin to reason thus: that pain … Continue reading →

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