I'm copying below, verbatim, an essay I posted 14 February 2013. It describes my second or third inadvertent attempt, each induced by a nearly lethal combination of ignorance and stupidity, to exit early this physical realm. There were others, all…

The video embedded below was extracted and edited by Alisa Christensen from a presentation in Portland, Oregon. I delivered the presentation to a capacity crowd at The Waypost on 8 August 2016.

Thanks to Ivey Cone at Fuki Cafe for shooting and editing the video embedded below. A recent, decent overview of the topic is provided in the 28 April 2016 issue of Scientific American. There's plenty of additional, recent material on…

The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it ~ George Orwell   Note my preferred pronunciation for this set of living arrangements: siv-uh-LIE-zey-shuhn. The entire phenomenon -- reminiscent of Nietzsche's "thing as…

Thanks to Ivey Cone at Fuki Cafe for shooting and editing the video embedded below. It was shot during May 2016 in Chico, California. It demonstrates a minor foible, from among many, I encounter on tour. Perhaps a blooper reel…

On 10 August 2016 I was interviewed by Paul Roland for KBOO radio in Portland, Oregon. You can listen here.

I'm copying below, verbatim, an essay I posted 16 May 2010. I've added a few introductory words and an embedded song. The photographs do not appear in this version, with my apologies. This website has switched servers a couple times…