an adventure in apotheosis
I awoke to find that I was not in the slightest bit different at all. Not one wit. What an infinitely infuriating and disappointing turn of events. *sigh* I picked up my phone, accidentally opened instagram, scrolled mindlessly, admiring scantly clad women, before I finally came to myself (not sure who took over there), and […]
Continue ReadingPreviously on the blog: I choose to take a leap of faith! …The following piece I wrote around 10 years ago. It’s taken me that long to “open the door” you’ll see what I mean at the end of the story. Thanks for reading 🙂 Did I ever tell you about that one time, when […]
Continue ReadingI stand with Gandhi. ”I love Jesus, it’s just his followers that I’m worried about.” How someone who’s core message was love could possibly inspire the wanton slaughter and worse of untold numbers of people throughout history is beyond me (of course this isn’t his entire legacy). But then I remember that we’re human: we’re […]
Continue Reading“What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: ‘This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more’ … Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and […]
Continue ReadingHailey’s comet orbits our sun once every 75 years or so. It’s infrequent (though regularly scheduled) visit to our solar system is what makes its appearance so special. That’s the basic rule of economics folks: Scarcity = value. I’m dying. That’s been happening for a while now. The difference these days is that I actually […]
Continue ReadingThe most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe. Albert Einstein Once upon a time there was a huge explosion and then… everything happened. The universe is fucking magic. Just let that sink in for a second, The Big Bang occurred and instead of destroying shit […]
Continue ReadingThere is really only one serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Albert Camus So this is rock bottom (so far)… Hi I’m Loren and I’m in trouble. To keep things interesting let’s start in media res: THE LIST: How did it all come to this? Thanks for asking. Welcome to my very own hero’s […]
Continue Reading“Perfect is the enemy of good”~Voltaire What the fuck am I doing here? We all wonder this from time to time and we receive a cacophony of answers from various sources: wait for heaven, god will sort it all out; or save the whales (and maybe even the bees); or annex a neighbouring civilisation etc. […]
Continue ReadingImagine living most of your life half asleep. This is mainly a defence mechanism designed to protect you from facing up to the “harsh realities” of this crazy human existence. Well, I don’t need to imagine at all, because I’ve lived it. Yes that’s right ladies and gents and whatever else you identify as, this […]
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