Have you ever found yourself awake, in public, but not quite fully awake at all? Have you ever been standing at the counter of a coffee shop, hopelessly trying to count change through the fog of a seemingly lifeless brain while wondering why anybody would spike your toothpaste with Rohypnol? I found myself in just [...]

At first glance it might seem like I am adamantly against cheating, and at first glance I am, but if you look a little closer you’ll find that there are different degrees of cheating, and sometimes fault is not as clear as one would think.  I intend to explore the various degrees and discuss them [...]

When it comes down to it, I’m a pacifist. I’m not confrontational, I’m not a fighter, and I’m opposed to war. Sure, I get angry and want to lash out sometimes, but the complexity of my psyche is not what is in question right now. What is in question is the validity of violence and [...]

One day while pooping
a pinch I did feel
I looked down and saw
two eyes, grey as steel
An otter was gazing
up out of the bowl
It’s eyes were like daggers
aimed at my asshole
“You’ve shat on my head!”
it spat between breaths
“I smell like a sewer
I should bite you to death!”
“Calm down gentle creature”
I replied with great care
“Come hop in [...]

Here’s a little moral dilemma. Let’s say that a few days ago there was a mouse in your house. Let’s suppose she was a cute, fluffy little thing, and you did not want to kill her (I’ve decided to call the mouse a “her” based on the title of the book Of Mice and Men. [...]

My bedroom has no windows. This has never really bothered me to a significant degree, because why would I need to look outside when I’m sleeping anyway? For that matter, why, at times, would I want somebody else to be able to look in? My river of thought is not the only thing around here [...]