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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.

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Tag: Politics

Camus on His Novels, and “Ma”

Diary 7/12 to 7/17/22: Working on "Bleak Philosophy"; censorship on Instagram and Facebook; Host, The Taste of Tea on DVD; a dream; wanting to give up; drum beats and weeping.

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Alan Carl Nicoll Authors, Book Reviews, Diary, Dreams, Horror, Movie Reviews, My childhood, Politics, Quotes, The Writing Life Leave a comment July 17, 2022July 17, 2022 5 Minutes

Taoism, Sex, and Media Taboos

Diary 6/30 to 7/2/22: Typos; Nietzsche quote; testicle experiment; specializing journalists; Matt Taibbi quoted; Black Panthers; bingeing; blood pressure and nausea; the end of Highsmith diaries; Sharper Image; a day of labors; a dream.

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Alan Carl Nicoll Diary, Dreams, Erectile dysfunction, Mature Adults Only, Politics, Quotes, Sex, The Writing Life Leave a comment July 2, 2022July 2, 2022 6 Minutes

Christian Fascism, Taoism, and a Resolution

Diary 6/26/22: Ellen Forney's Marbles; a resolution about writing; orgasms without sildenafil; Hedges and the coming Christian fascism; Alan Watts and Taoism and my mission statement.

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Alan Carl Nicoll Diary, Doom, Erectile dysfunction, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Self-guidance, The Writing Life Leave a comment June 26, 2022June 26, 2022 5 Minutes

R.I.P. Roe v Wade, and Lesser Items

Diary 6/24/22: Roe v Wade; Republicans; unnecessary suffering; Rachel Maddow; girls in the US; a difficult day; macros for word processing.

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Alan Carl Nicoll Computers, Diary, Old Age, Politics, Visual Basic Leave a comment June 24, 2022June 24, 2022 5 Minutes

Consider the Source, etc.

Diary 6/13/22: Second day of hearings; Jonathon Green gets attention here; Chris Hedges quoted; Visual Basic obscurity; anti-war on Pirate TV; change of emphasis in today's entry.

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Alan Carl Nicoll Blogging, Computers, Diary, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Recipes, Veganism, Visual Basic Leave a comment June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 6 Minutes

Conversations, Hemlock, and Sherlock

Diary 6/10 to 6/12/22: Two-year-olds; dementia; Hemlock Club and Jan 6th; talking with Nog; BBC's Sherlock; Hedges on the Committee; diary clutter; A Dangerous Method.

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Alan Carl Nicoll Diary, Hemlock Club, Movie Reviews, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology Leave a comment June 12, 2022June 12, 2022 5 Minutes

Observations on the Public Hearing

Diary 6/8 to 6/10/22: Ignoring my optometrist; self-guidance; House Hearings and Tucker Carlson; Caitlin Johnstone quoted; world oil reserves; popcorn way to health; Taibbi, FAIR, and other sources.

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Alan Carl Nicoll Diary, Health, Hemlock Club, Nonfiction Book in Progress, Politics, Psychology, Quotes, Self-guidance Leave a comment June 10, 2022June 10, 2022 5 Minutes

School Shootings (and less important stuff)

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"

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Alan Carl Nicoll Book Reviews, Depression, Diary, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Quotes Leave a comment May 29, 2022 4 Minutes

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.

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Alan Carl Nicoll Ancient Egypt, Diary, Doom, Dreams, End of the World, Politics, The Writing Life Leave a comment May 12, 2022 5 Minutes

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!

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Alan Carl Nicoll Authors, Book Reviews, Computers, Diary, Doom, End of the World, Memory, Neuroscience, Politics, Prison Diary, Psychology, Quotes, Recipes, Veganism Leave a comment May 11, 2022 6 Minutes

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.

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Alan Carl Nicoll Diary, End of the World, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Recipes, Veganism Leave a comment May 10, 2022July 18, 2022 6 Minutes

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.

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Alan Carl Nicoll Authors, Diary, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Recipes, Veganism Leave a comment May 4, 2022 6 Minutes

Roe! etc.

Diary, 5/3/22: a dream; Roe off life support; my first homemade smoothie; lots of neuroscience news; naps and cognitive decline; the "wisdom of the body."

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Alan Carl Nicoll Diary, Dreams, Music, Neuroscience, Politics, Quotes, Recipes, Veganism Leave a comment May 3, 2022 5 Minutes

Veganism at Wal-Mart

Diary, 5/2/22: Optimum sleep; more Caitlin J; Eleanor Goldfield; a busy day; new blender; fruit and veg; whining about my kitchen; multivitamins and cell food; salmonella warning.

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Alan Carl Nicoll Authors, Diary, Doom, Neuroscience, Politics, Veganism Leave a comment May 2, 2022 8 Minutes

Meal Replacement and Digital Thermometers

Diary, 5/1/22 continued: Caitlin Johnstone and our Ministry of Truth; suicidal children; how much do you want to know? Organic shake problems; thermometers that take batteries; longevity diet; The Haunting DVD.

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Alan Carl Nicoll Authors, Diary, Environmental, Health, Horror, Movie Reviews, Neuroscience, Politics, Veganism Leave a comment May 1, 2022 6 Minutes

The Eyes of Mckenna Grace

Diary, 4/26 to 4/29/22: Rethinking Scott Ritter; server problem; dreams; Grace on YouTube; a popular blog post; sleep and melatonin; money; Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann; boredom; a promise? Snap out of it!

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Alan Carl Nicoll Depression, Diary, Doom, Dreams, End of the World, Politics, Psychology 2 Comments April 29, 2022 8 Minutes

Scott Ritter on the Ukraine War

Diary, 4/25, continued: Mckenna Grace; same old politics; off the cliff; library book sale; book about Petra; Scott Ritter on Pirate TV; José Ortega y Gasset; "traffic.camp"; quite a day.

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Alan Carl Nicoll Book Reviews, Diary, End of the World, Politics Leave a comment April 26, 2022 5 Minutes

A Cog in the Machine

Diary, 4/17 to 4/19/22: 800 books; censorship and isolation; depressing truth; the right targets; where is Orwell? befouled conscience and going vegan. The new fascism.

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Alan Carl Nicoll Depression, Diary, Doom, Dreams, Environmental, Guilt, Health, Kick Me, Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Veganism, Vegetarianism Leave a comment April 19, 2022 6 Minutes

Putin and Pablo

Diary, 4/4 to 4/5/22; watching the news; threat of violence; Pirate TV shows; Marx; peaceniks; ageing printer; minimum wage; Scott Horton; Greg Palast

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Alan Carl Nicoll Diary, Politics Leave a comment April 6, 2022 5 Minutes

House On Fire: Normal Times?

Hemlock Club; climate crisis; corporate profits; relieve suffering; I am a petulant child; a dream; insomnia; Marcus Aurelius quote and mental foundations; corporatocracy; Putin apologists and MSM.

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Alan Carl Nicoll Diary, Doom, Dreams, Environmental, Hemlock Club, Old Age, Politics, Quotes Leave a comment April 4, 2022 6 Minutes

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    • Doom, Camus, and Breakfast
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    • Hap: The Story So Far
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    • Enchanted House
    • NO-SEE-UM
    • Classical Music We’ll Never Hear
  • Books, Reviews
    • The Stranger, by Albert Camus: A Consideration
    • My Best Books
    • Book Thoughts 1: Meaning of Life and Self Development, part 1
      • Book Thoughts 2: Meaning of Life and Self Development, part 2
      • Book Thoughts 3: Philosophy
      • Book Thoughts 4: Politics, Economics, History
      • Book Thoughts 5: Psychology, Mind, Human Nature
      • Book Thoughts 6: Novels and Plays
    • Four Books: Prison Diary
      • A Stack of Books: Prison Diary Excerpt
      • More Book Thoughts from My Prison Diary
      • Prison Diary: Books and More Books
      • Prison Diary: A Potpourri of Books
    • Shakespeare’s Tragic Heroes and the Value of Literature: Prison Diary
    • Joseph Campbell: The Power of Myth (Prison Diary)
    • Dobyns on Metaphor, and Henry James. Prison Diary Extract
    • A Discussion of To Kill A Mockingbird
    • On Reading Charles Bukowski
    • Prison Diary: Hemingway’s “Macomber” Story
    • Email to a Classics Book Discussion Group
  • The Bleak Philosophy
    • The Ten Percent Solution
    • Getting Started in Philosophy
    • A Cog in the Machine
    • Philosophy Today: Diary 9/11 to 9/12/21
    • Epistemology: Models & Mysteries
    • Know Thyself: A Personal Essay
    • What is it Like to be Me?
    • Knowledge and “Christopher Columbus”
    • Religion, Morality, and the Meaning of Life: Prison Diary
  • On Writing
    • Astronomy for the Writer
    • Notes of a Novelist
    • Expressing Thoughts in Fiction
    • Metaphor Examples
    • “You Need an Angle”
    • The Subjective Microscope
    • “She was angry.”
    • Good Mornings
    • Character Names, Expanded
    • Tasty Words
      • Tasty Words: Other
      • Tasty Words: Verbs
      • Tasty Words: Nouns
    • Why I Write
  • Poetry
    • Recent Poems
    • Old Poems, Mostly Awful, and Thoughts about Poetry
    • Poetry Sketchbook
    • Amateur Haiku

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