sound of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon God they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning,
In the words that it was forming.
And the signs said, the words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls.
And whisperd in the sounds of silence.
–Sound of Silence, Simon and Garfunkel
 Dear friends, let us love one another, [...]

march madness part 5: what’s a hilltopper?

 
With my beloved alma mater making it into the sweet sixteen of the NCAA tournament, I’ve heard the question many times, both directed to me and thrown about the media:  What exactly his a Hilltopper and what’s the deal with the red blob.
One thing to note first off is the difference between a “nickname” and [...]

unsexiest woman alive?

First off, I just want to say that on occasion, Maxim magazine has some well-written, interesting articles.  Some of which I even enjoy.  This makes sense, with it being a men’s magazine and I being a man. 
But, I’m not always part of their target demographic.  The truth is, so much of their magazine is geared [...]

bizarro, bizarro, i love you, bizarro

Back on my old blog, I wrote a brief, “humorous” post about an alternate universe. In that universe, Creed was a really good band. I then speculated that I would be a “ladies man” in such a universe.
I’ve put some more serious though to what “Bizarro Eric” might be like. The “Bizarro Universe” is something [...]

blog evolution

In developmental psychology, most models take you through various “life stages” in which, depending on the theory, different things happen.  For Freud, it was a matter of what or who you were attracted to sexually.  In Piaget’s model, our brains process information in different ways.  For Erikson, we faced various crisises during different stages of [...]

off your soapbox

I came across this blogpost the other day.  For those of you who don’t like opposing view points, it’s pretty harsh on religion, and there is profanity involved.
It really reasonated with me, though.  I have the exact opposite religious views, and yet, I feel the same way he does on this subject.  He writes about his [...]

parenting (and pet owning) tip

From the “instructions” from one of those toilet cleaning disks:
Safe for use around pets and children, though it is not recommened that either be permitted to drink from the toilet.
I want to read the case that led to that disclaimer.

frc and nambla: frc’s reply

So, I finally received a reply to my concerns that I sent to the FRC last week.  Little of it involved any clarification to my concerns.  Basically, they sent four “points.”  The first basically said this would bring us closer to “government controlled health care” (ie socialized medicine).  Secondly, this would “bring up the price [...]

gilligan’s deadly sins, part 2

So, it turns out that I was wrong in my analysis of how the Gilligan’s Island characters represent the new deadly sins.  It turns out that Ginger should NOT represent drug abuse.  Andy sent me a link, and it looks like Mary Ann should be the one who represents drug abuse. 

7 deadly sins: new characters on Gilligan’s island

Back around 1996, when email forwards were funny, I got one telling me about how Gilligan’s Island represented the 7 deadly sins.  Each character represented one of the sins.  There are two variations, but it goes something like this:
Professor–Pride
Ginger–Lust
Mary Ann–Envy
Mr. Howell–Greed
Mrs. Howell–Sloth
Those tend to not vary. However, the last two, there are 2 versions.
Skipper– In [...]

frc and nambla, on the same side?

I’m not a big fan of most of the right-wing Christian political activist groups, such as Focus on the Family or Family Research Council (to be fair, I’m not so keen on some of the left-wing groups like Sojourner’s, but that’s another post alltogether).  I saw on slacktivist (see link to the right) the other [...]