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  • Four in the Morning

    It’s too dang early for me to be awake. It’s too dang early for me to start arguing online. And I really shouldn’t have Little Debbie’s for breakfast. Yet here I am with lights mostly off typing away and eating an oatmeal cream pie. I am an unrepentant sinner. Not sorry at the moment for…

    Mark

    November 7, 2024
    collaboration
    arguing, awake, early, happy, healthy, Hell, Little Debbie’s, motivate, reasonable, Stephanie, unrepentant sinner
  • Do Nothing Day

    I need a do nothing day. I don’t want to even try to be productive. I need to consider how America’s choices will shape my destiny. But not today. Today I’m staying at home and in my pajamas.

    Mark

    November 6, 2024
    Uncategorized
    America, destiny, home, nothing, pajamas
  • Election Day 2024

    I voted. The turn out seemed good. My civic duty is fulfilled for the day. It will be a welcome relief to not have waves of political advertisements hitting me from all sides. Of course the USA might descend into riots tomorrow. No matter who wins there will be some very angry people, and angry…

    Mark

    November 5, 2024
    Uncategorized
    angry Americans, burning, civic duty, civil wars, election, luck, revolutions, riots, voting
  • Freewill and Power

    Some people have more self control than others. Some people have power over others. We are not free in an absolute sense. But if we only have the illusion of self control then that would be a strange twist of evolution. If we believe we are sentient and have the freedom to choose we are…

    Mark

    November 4, 2024
    witness
    arguing, evolution, freedom, freewill, illusion, power, preordained, self control, sentience
  • Zero Mobile Games

    Yesterday I deleted the last mobile game I had left on my phone. Theoretically that should give me more time to do productive things. And yet it’s taken me until 7pm to do this blog post about theoretically being more productive. I still need to work on some digital art tonight. I sit here stoned…

    Mark

    November 3, 2024
    Uncategorized
    adult, adulthood, blog, control, digital art, grown up, phone, productive, proud, sold, zero mobile games
  • Doing Enough Good

    There’s an LDS hymn called, “Have I done any good in the world today?” It includes a line that implies that only when people are actively doing good can they help others to live. No set amount of good is required, but doing good is a duty. John Stewart Mill wrote something to the effect…

    Mark

    November 2, 2024
    witness
    doing bad, doing enough, doing good, duty, injustice, justice, LDS hymn, vice, virtue
  • Political and Emotional Blackmail

    There’s an election coming up in the USA. It’s the big one. Next Tuesday we will decide who becomes president for the next four years. My personal world is inundated with political messages. If you don’t vote for our guy the country is doomed and this will be the last presidential election we will ever…

    Mark

    November 1, 2024
    Uncategorized
    blackmail, doomed, emotional, humanity, love, political, Pontius Pilate, third party, US President, vote
  • Halloween 24

    Tonight I handed out candy and snacks for about an hour and a half. It was cold but it was worth it. I live in a good neighborhood, very diverse. Dressing up and giving out trick or treats lets me be hospitable. As my hands got colder and the wind tried to blow the chairs…

    Mark

    October 31, 2024
    Uncategorized
    candy, cold, diversity, drive thru, Halloween, happy, Neighborhood, snacks, windy, worth it
  • Living the Dream

    If you’ve been here a while you know that I am truly grateful for the level of prosperity that I enjoy. My needs are met. I want more but being honest I don’t need more. I live a good life. I’m happy. And that’s when the paranoia slips in. Do I deserve this? Is it…

    Mark

    October 30, 2024
    witness
    good life, honest, living the dream, needs, opportunity, paranoia, ponder, pray, security, wants
  • Burden of Proof

    I saw it again today. An atheist saying that the burden of proof is on someone else. That doesn’t work for me. It is not someone else’s job to prove me wrong. If I have even a sliver of a fraction of a doubt that I might be wrong about God, it is my job…

    Mark

    October 29, 2024
    witness
    agnostic, atheist, burden of proof, doubt, God, witness, wrong
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