Diary 5/28 to 5/29/22: Poker win; Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations reviewed with quotes; bureaucratic nonsense; Anne Brontë; report on "the best way to address...tragedies"; "kayfabe"
School Shootings (and less important stuff)
Author: Alan Carl Nicoll
In a world with so much suffering, in a world where few are happy and many are troubled, how can I be so concerned about myself? The world needs you, needs your love and sympathy and generosity. This site formerly called "The End is Near." While I still believe that, the new title is a response to that belief. This site is monitored by the federal government.
Highsmith Shows the Way to Writing Success
Diary 5/26 to 5/27/22: Body image; McGovern on nuclear war; peculiar dream; writing success; Graham Greene on Highsmith; pointless bus rides; school massacre; Family Guy.
Thessaloniki, Jane Eyre, and Smoothies
Diary 5/24 to 5/26/22: Literary Curiosities; Liberty Valance; "I'd do well to..."; dreams; Jane Eyre binge; Venom: Let There Be Carnage; making smoothies.
“Daily Waste of Daily Powers,” Highsmith Quotes, etc.
Diary 5/20 to 5/23/22: Patricia Highsmith quotes; Chris Hedges; a dream; stopping caring; disgraceful eating; neuroscientist quote; fiction writing "my calling"; my best reading and writing; wilted cilantro; Jif recall; Australian climate and election.
Believable Fantasy, Surprise Gifts, and Good Movies
Diary, 5/17 to 5/20/22: Ghostbusters: Afterlife; better fantasies; fabulous Turandot; McAfee woes; Natalie Belikova artwork gift; praising Highsmith; turn inward; Hitchcock and Chomsky.
Buying Books and…Mckenna Grace?
Diary 5/16 to 5/17/22: The King's Speech; Ghostbusters Afterlife; psyllium again; religion books; more shelves? getting rid of Pathfinder; Russell Brand; a nightmare; typographical erorrs in history; Oliver La Farge.
Atheist Quotes Jesus!
Diary 5/15 to 5/16/22: Birthday party invite; psyllium debacle; short $; the world needs YOU; "Arguments"; discovering Tori Amos; strike a pose to feel confident; psyllium warning.
The Odds of Friendship and Other Jokes
Diary 5/14 to 5/15/22: Blog name change; Rosetta Stone package; social isolation; I'm 1 in 1000; trackpad problem solved; crazy kids; Hemlock Club meeting; future prospects; a couple of jokes.
“Bans Off Our Bodies” and “Against Mysticism”
Diary 5/12 to 5/14/22: Protest planned in Bakersfield; empathy; dreamlets; "Charles Adolphus Spree"; fiction writing and contentment; Wittgenstein; WordPress stats; The World Needs Me; philosophy club?
The Ten Percent Solution
An argument in favor of making a commitment to charitable works. Ten percent is suggested but is not inherently part of the argument. This document is presented copyright-free for fair use in the hope that others will feel free to pass it along. The wording is my original expression of old thoughts.
Egyptology, Politics, a Change of Direction
Diary, 5/11 to 5/12/22: a call to action; Chomsky quotes; a mystery speech; where are they? A dream of mistakes; Hidden Tombs of Memphis book; politics or fiction? Fiction.
LGBTQ+, Vertigo, and Politics
Diary, 5/10 to 5/11/22: No Dr. Strange; Sony and Morbius; Richard Medhurst; too many syllables; photo memory? Recommended books; Hartmann; vertigo; macros; smoothie woo hoo!
Politics and Philosophy
Diary, 5/10/22: Progressive International's Summit; Johnstone; Truthout; Wittgenstein book quoted and discussed; smoothie with oatmeal; Independent Left News; download woes; neuroscience studies; "reification"; Dr. Bramhall.
Struggling with Veganism
Diary 5/9/22 part 2: Vegan breakfast; on to publication; lazy; Project Censored; RWNJ website and "abortion terrorists"; assessing credibility.
The Self, Neuroscience, and Wittgenstein
Diary 5/8 to 5/9/22: John Oliver; Noam Chomsky and Putin's propaganda; genocide; Assange; how to explain a lapse of memory: neuroscience vs nonsense for profit; Wittgenstein and James.
Curtains, Hemlock, and Quotes
Diary 5/7 to 5/8/22: McAfee expensive; stupid about groceries; Hemlock Club w/photo; dark night; Zen and analysis; not believing fantasies; another smoothie; Frankl quote and doom; Dostoyevsky and grief; Gibran and pain; "repugliKKKan"; opening the curtains.
Flying Camels and Patricia Highsmith
Diary, 5/6 to 5/7/22: Multiple Scott Ritters; lunch with Pablo; breakfast smoothie; tangerine seeds bitter; fruit messiness; a dream of flying camels and playing catch; Highsmith quote.
Nutrition Numbers and The Batman
Diary, 5/5 to 5/6/22: a nutritional breakfast? Candy Bars; The Faculty; TED Talks; The Batman and his chin panned, compared to Dark Knight and Joker. And that's all, folks.
My Legacy, and Other Nonsense
Diary, 5/4 to 5/5/22: Rant about Roe; free lists; smoothie experiments; Marvel and Terminator; notes and journaling; what every intellectual wants? Actresses, drooling. Coming to take me away!
PayPal, Wittgenstein, Smoothies, and Roe
Diary, 5/3 to 5/4/22: Met Gala; vegan shopping and smoothies; blog visitors; PayPal censorship; Hamilton beats Amazon price on new Wittgenstein book; Republican war dance over Roe.
The World Needs You 
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