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Opiate of the Masses
More than a hundred years ago Karl Marx famously said that “Religion is the opiate of the masses.” The world has moved on and people at least here in the United States can choose their religion or no religion at all. And yet we are still being sedated as a country and as a society.…
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Venting the House
Spring is almost here. The temperatures are becoming pleasant. So today I turned off the furnace, opened the windows and doors, and turned on the house fan to pull fresh air into the house. I had to wait until the children were gone to do this because they don’t like everything open. They won’t be…
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Autograph
I made the claim in a small group on Discord that I was a public figure. One of the women there disputed that claim. I linked her to my publicly available art. Then she asked for my autograph. Well technically she wants an autograph of markezuma. I am happy to oblige. Maybe markezuma’s “signature” will…
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The Greatest Myth of the Scientific Mind
Sometimes I doubt that there are gods or a God. The best arguments for the divine are largely unfalsifiable. Did Jesus miraculously rise from the dead? I don’t care if you believe he did or not but I hope you will see that to prove it one way or the other we would have to…
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The Wagon
I am going to have a few beers tonight. We went to the health food store and they carry a little bit of craft beer. I couldn’t resist. Stephanie argued that because of the THC I can’t really consider myself sober anyway. I didn’t fall off the wagon, I jumped. I joked to her that…
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Frozen Food
I made chicken parmesan for Stephanie and myself last night. When I say a made I mean I put a frozen tray into the oven and took it out when it was baked. I was a little baked at the time too. But it was a good meal and the leftovers are also decent. It…
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Fancy Ideas
One of the challenges with a blog is to write something new and interesting every day. This would be a little easier if I was just writing fiction. If for instance I were to say: The hairy plaid monster took the man as his wife. That is probably new. It might even be interesting. But…
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Spammers, Scammers, and Bots
I have a public persona on the internet. I have been using the handle markezuma for nearly thirty years. It is intended to attract attention and lead directly to my current work. But much of my attention is from what I will call an annoyance to be civil about it. In reality they are scammers,…
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No, sorry, I can’t prove it to you on the internet
Discussions and debates online often end with someone demanding I prove a point to them. That demand is absolutely worthless to me and I have found time and time again that it is pointless to try. No matter what I say to such a person they will just dig their heels in deeper. That inevitably…
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Latter Day Sinner 