Captian's Log Without Form and Void | A Response 3 Nov 202531 Oct 2025 I remember an old, atheist joke: "When one person hears a voice, that's schizophrenia, but when everybody hears a voice, it's religion." I'm tempted to reply, if everyone can hear…
Captian's Log Semantics in Babel 30 Aug 2022 One of the pieces of evidence I might proffer as to why we live in Babel is that semantics is a derogatory term, is treated as a fallacy, so that…
Captian's Log Babel 2.1 21 Apr 2020 I am alone it seems. A few months ago, I received an email which was pure babble to me. I had a bit of a laugh, a frustrated laugh. It…
Captian's Log Poem: No Peace 6 Nov 2019 No thoughts pervade my wearied mind except they fly like birds. Exhausted, I no more can think but scribble out these words. To write a poem I find I bind…
Captian's Log Dreams Cling 28 Oct 2019 Blind and wading through the darkness, I’m lost; no floor, no ceiling, no up and down, no walls, no stars. Am I falling? Am I flying? Who knows? I’ve no…
Captian's Log Re: The Four Noble Truths 17 Oct 201917 Oct 2019 Explanation: The first Noble Truth expresses Dukkha, the unfulfilling nature of existence. It is then postulated that Dukkha arises out of thirst: The desire for sensual pleasures, the desire for…
Captian's Log Short Poem: Back and Forth 1 Oct 2019 There in his room alone he paces back and forth, a man without a grave. He moves so to evade the measure of his worth, the fruitless seeds he’s sown.
Captian's Log The Worth of a Man 8 Jun 2019 Considering worth, there seems to be two types: There is a worth of things regarding use, that is, a tool’s usefulness and worth are the same, and there is a…
Captian's Log Apologies 3 Jan 2019 Preparing for bed, I was gripped by a sudden panic, realizing I hadn’t put together a post for tonight. Scrambling, I cannot think of anything to write on such short…