Manic days

Manic days

I feel like I’m going to explode. Now, not in a bad way.  I just feel as if I’m full of five different kinds of energies that are pushing me in a multitude of directions until focus on any one thing becomes difficult.  I crave the rush that comes...

Letter to my Congressman against SOPA

Here’s the letter I sent to Congressman Jim McDermott regarding the SOPA bill that is going through Congress tomorrow.  I urge you to contact your Congress person as well. If you don’t know anything about SOPA, please check out this open letter...

The Christmas you never knew

Given our history of bringing up ancient traditions and interesting holidays we turn our attention this week to the strange underpinnings that make up a holiday that you probably thought you knew: Christmas.  It’s all about the birth of Jesus, right?  It’s...
Göbekli Tepe, mankind’s first step towards civilization

Göbekli Tepe, mankind’s first step towards civilization

At first it seems like the perfect name for an ancient temple complex.  Göbekli Tepe.  It rolls off the tongue like the fading echoes of a chanted ritual, repetitive and exotic. Credit Then you find out that those seemingly mystical syllables translate to something as...

Don’t diss the doodlers

Goodness gracious.  I flake out for two weeks and then I forget what my update schedule actually is.  Well, time to get back on the horse.  Credit Anyhow, today we’re going to turn our backs on the gloomy winter weather and turn our attention...