I am not a fan of the ocean. If I had one fear, it’s definitely dark, open water. It’s the fear of the unknown, and the sheer scale of it that really gets me. Oceans cover a majority of the Earth’s surface, and we’ve actually explored more of outer space than our own oceans. Well that’s mostly beca…
“People are feeling alone together, in their lighted ship against the darkness of all that was yet to come” Nighthawks is a painting completed on January 21st 1942 by Edward Hopper, a prolific painter in the realist style. The date in which this painting was done is important because of the histori…
It’s difficult in times like these. Ideals, dreams and cherished hope rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It’s a wonder I haven’t abandoned all my ideas, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly g…
“I no longer know if I wish to drown myself in love, vodka, or the sea” -Franz Kafka Franz Kafka is one of the most influential writers in history, with a personal writing style that’s so unique and recognizable that it earns the new nomenclature, “Kafkaesque”. His life was an interesting one, not…
Looking around the world today, you see many people in positions of power that don't seem to be doing a whole lot for the people that they are supposed to serve. And if they don’t seem to be doing their duties, why haven’t they been replaced by someone better? Hell, to think that even you can do a…
On occasion, we are reminded of the time passing by. And there’s no better reminder than our birthday. It means that you’ve survived another full year living on Earth, what’s happened during that time? What have you accomplished? Are you closer to your goals? A lot of things have changed for the pa…
So, so you think you can tell Heaven from hell? Blue skies from pain? Can you tell a green field From a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell? Did they get you to trade Your heroes for ghosts? Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change? Did you…
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Thoug…
“The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it, usually doesn’t know what he thinks” –Mortimer Adler– Information is everywhere, you can’t go through one day without learning something new. And the things you can learn about today is literally limitless. Everything that humanity…
We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born. The potential people who could have been here in my place, but who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains in the Sahara. Certainly those unbo…
The most astounding fact… Is that the atoms that comprise life on the Earth, the atoms that make up the human body Are traceable to the crucibles that cooked light elements into heavy elements in their core, under extreme temperatures and pressure. These stars, when unstable in their later years, c…
With Space Industries interest on deploying a manned mission to the Red Planet, and growing public interest in the new age of Space Exploration, There’s been a lot of talk of, “Why Mars?” What can a desolate planet of dust and rocks offer us? And why do we want to establish a human colony there in…