Consciousness as side effect is an idea that's been bouncing around my brain for quite a spell. Specifically, since 1970 and an Anthropology course I took, "Beginnings of Mankind". I recall having wrote in my notebook: "Mankind is a self-conscious animal, therefore - kind of like a kind man." Something like that. Can we talk … Continue reading Consciousness As Side Effect
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Hiking Then And Now
My first "handle" on The Internet was "hiker". That was then, as best I can recall, in 1999, when I first got in-home service (dial up). Then, in 2001, when I opened my bookstore at the Elk Bridge Center in Evergreen, Colorado, my handle was "BSGhikes", or Bookstore Guy Hikes. However, my love of hiking … Continue reading Hiking Then And Now
ATTACHMENT: A Reading
This reading is from Attachment: A Novel of War and Peace. The video is six minutes and I made it in 2009. I can tell by the background. At the time, I was living in a cabin up in Poudre Canyon. I'm struck by my gravely voice. Then and Now I've been going through my old files … Continue reading ATTACHMENT: A Reading
My (not) Fine Spine
My spine is (not) fine; nor is my neck. Which is stiff. The top of my spine (vertebra 1c and 2c) and the bottom (vertebra 4l and the sacrum) is stiff and sore. From top to bottom I hurt. I have been knocked out of balance by events out of my control. Crooked I am. … Continue reading My (not) Fine Spine
AFC Championship Game in Colorado
It’s January 25, Sunday, 11:30, 2026; and the AFC Championship game is in Colorado and so am I. I’ve come home. However, my stuff’s still in hell. Err, I mean Kansas. Additionally, it’s cold outside! Eighteen degrees with some snow flurries floating down. I’ve decided to stay home in my new, near empty apartment. No … Continue reading AFC Championship Game in Colorado
Pluribus: “The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.”Smash or Pass?
Pluribus is a new series on Apple TV (I've watched it on Amazon Prime) with the premiss: "The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness." It explores the question of Free Will versus perpetual joy. At first, I would have kicked it (passed.) Because I thought it disjointed, with a confusing opening. … Continue reading Pluribus: “The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.”Smash or Pass?
My Space and Your Space
My Space, and your space - signal who we are. This fact has become front and center to me this year. I recently moved and am living in a house that is not mine. It's a very, very nice house. Finer than anything I've ever lived in, with expensive furniture and art the norm. Additionally, … Continue reading My Space and Your Space
A Marvelous Fall Frenzy: MLB Playoffs, 2025
The Marvelous Fall Frenzy of 2025 will indeed be that. Because Major League Baseball has again changed the playoff format this year. Because the competition for eyeballs/clicks/viewers/consumers/money is, like everything else - greater than ever. One quarter of the way through the 21st Century and everything is in hyper-drive. Which is, I think, not good … Continue reading A Marvelous Fall Frenzy: MLB Playoffs, 2025
1883: A Review
1883 is Taylor Sheridan's prequel to his smash hit Yellowstone. In my review of Yellowstone I said this, "In the show we have beautiful, majestic scenery joined with Celtic-like sad, mournful music. Those two film “props” enhance the feeling that we are losing something." Which is true of 1883 (2021), too. Taylor Sheridan's worldview dominates the story, as it … Continue reading 1883: A Review
My Garden is my Life
My garden is my life. However, maybe not how you'd think. I'm moving, I've mentioned before. Which usually means that you have to leave your garden, too. But that's not the case with me. Because I take that which is important to me, with me. Psych-girl, last session, didn't get it.* Lately, She and I … Continue reading My Garden is my Life