Oscar Wilde in The Critic as Artist said, “man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” With all due respect to Oscar Wilde it should have been “give him anonymity, and he will tell you the truth.” Masks are what we…
Tag: Fear
New York Values Aren’t America’s (Politicians) Values
It wasn’t Ted Cruz who said, “Who needs Manhattan when we can get the electoral votes of eleven Southern states?”; Kevin Phillips a Richard Nixon’s campaign strategist said it. Ted Cruz is just the latest politician to complain about New York values not being his. They are right, New York values of hard work (working…
Problem Solving Makes My Problems Worse
Basic human problems can have no final solutions. Eric Hoffer, The Temper of Our Time (1967) I love problems. Give me a disaster in my house I can sit down and solve that. Calling the right people, or getting the materials to fix it, fixing it or helping other fix it. All those actions take…
The Illusionary Value of Gold
Poor is the man who can boast of nothing more that gold. -William Scott Downey, Proverbs Ch 1, #11 (1858) In the article, The Shared Delusion of Money, I discussed some of the delusions surrounding the “value” of money. The other day I overheard someone talking about how they wanted gold and diamonds for the…
Lions And Tigers And Bears, Oh My!
What nobody talks to about when you become a parent is the amount of worry you’ll have FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE! If you were like me, at least when your kid(s) were young you felt powerful, in control and able to do all, a Super Man Dad. You could feed the child, bathe…
All That Lives Must Die
Thou know’st ’tis common; all that lives must die, Passing through nature to eternity. Hamlet, Act I, scene 2 Death. Americans in the last part of the 20th century feared it more than anything (and we Americans are a very scared group of people). We fight it and hide from it and send all thoughts…
I Was Your Bitch, Fear, But Now the Tables are Turned
“Fear is the mind-killer“, fear has kept me from writing from my heart and soul for years now. “Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration“, fear of failure, fear of success, fear of no one listening, fear of too much popularity, fear of sounding stupid; has kept me from starting this blog about religion…
