We’ve got to get off this rock before we blow it up or cause it to go Venus!1

Photo of Three Mile Island nuclear fission electric generating station

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  1. Okay so I exaggerate, it’s only Earth becoming hostile to most species — including humans… (And of course we’re not going to be able to make a mass exodus, so we really need to work on what we’ve got down here!) ↩︎

Credit for cover photo (of Three Mile Island nuclear fission electric generating station): This image is a work of a United States Department of Energy (or predecessor organization) employee, taken or made as part of that person’s official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons

Princes and Madmen

A strange idea came to me in conversation the other day, namely that my schizophrenia helps me understand what it must be like to be Prince William.

Schizophrenia Talk

A fairly comprehensive talk I wrote about my experience with schizophrenia for a ‘CMHA Consumer Conference’ in 2005.

Avoiding manipulation, not politics

I believe the ‘silent majority’ is not uninterested in politics; they are simply fed up with political manipulation and misrepresentation (among other things).

And I carry a teal umbrella

My neck is wide, my legs are strong, and I carry a teal umbrella. I am a man who knows himself and fears little.

Think for yourself — not your guru

Just because your ‘guru’ makes a clever argument, it doesn’t make following them ’thinking for yourself’

Counting Myself In

I have taken steps to ‘count myself in’ at the MPL MakerPlace, rather than being stuck on the idea that I have included myself out.

About the Trash

A ‘heavy atmosphere’ poem about looking for love in a counter-culture bar.

Thoughts on a New Room

Short poem about moving into a new personal space.