Cui bono? (Literally, “for whose benefit?”)~ Lucius Cassius Longinus Ravilla  I routinely read that my work is rooted in money. This claim, while false, is not surprising. After all, most people work for one reason: money. Lacking passion, lacking purpose,…

When he wrote a letter, he would put that which was most material in the postscript, as if it had been a by-matter. ~ Francis Bacon   The following messages arrived into my email inbox a few days ago. The…

Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously ~ Hunter S. Thompson   I’ve been assailed lately with questions about my beliefs. And then I’ve been assailed for my beliefs. My recent essay…

Only a fool is astonished by the foolishness of mankind ~ Edward Abbey   “Bryan” writes: Hello Guy, how are you? I wanted to write you about interesting things I’ve been hearing about with grand solar minimum. There are quite…

There have been only two taboos in the world: sex and death. It is very strange why sex and death have been the two taboos not to be talked about, to be avoided. They are deeply connected. Sex represents life…

We're all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing. ~ Charles Bukowski   I’m…