Cold Turkey in Malaysia

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

So here I am in a nice hotel room in Penang Malaysia, and I just cut my finger opening a can of cashews from the hotel minibar. I have no idea how much they’re going to charge me for opening this can. Probably something they think is humorously outrageous. And it probably is, in local […]

[rant] Your cowardice sucks.

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Fear is a strong motivator. Fear of terrorism, fear of death… The lengths people will go to in order to avoid facing fear amazes me. Is unquestioning loyalty easier than facing fear? How do fear and desperation become unshakeable faith? How do fear and laziness cause unquestioning internalization of whatever is on The News today? […]