The Lord of the Books Seven years later, the company has managed to carve a solid niche for itself in the field and continues to grow and thrive from its base in Asheville, North Carolina. I contacted Biblio’s CEO, Brendan Sherar, for an interview, hoping to get a little insight both into how this [...]
It came up when I searched for “high”. Photo by Coulsey. (License: Creative Commons Attribution) Let’s take just a moment and consider some fundamental paradoxes within the United States’ legal system. We like to think we are the nation of freedom, the nation of get-ahead, the nation of self-made men and women [...]
I just searched for “reality”, and I got this. I think Flickr just proved my point… Photo by Paula Iannuzzi. (License: Creative Commons Attribution)We think we know what reality is. Our lives are filled with work, sex, and food that we consider to be real. The processes within your mind, [...]
Hell if I know…it just looked interesting. Photo by Cuspace. (License: Creative Commons Attribution)Of all the labels others have tried to stick to me in my life, there seems to be one that keeps coming around, no matter what face I may choose to wear or what path I am travelling: Idealist. [...]
Everyone is suspect, now… Photo by Bryan Rosengrant. (License: Creative Commons Attribution) After reading a report earlier this week which references various law enforcement pamphlets which detail behaviours of potential terrorists (“If you encounter any of the following, call the Joint Terrorism Task Force”), I was quite naturally inspired to look back over the [...]
Photo by Miyoko Schmez. (License: Creative Commons Attribution)“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”
—First Amendment of [...]
’nuff said Photo by カランドラカス. (License: Creative Commons Attribution)Before we go any further, there is something you should know about me. I was one of those kids. The scary, weird kids that you try to keep an eye on, ’cause you know there is something wrong, but you don’t know [...]
The superhero lurking within… Photo by Kevin Tostado. (License: Creative Commons Attribution)When I was about ten years old, my Mom laid down the law: I was old enough to sleep in my room with the door closed and the light off. I don’t know exactly why she felt compelled to declare [...]
