There are different kinds of art. Some art is more craft-like. I can admire the skill but it doesn't change the way I view the world around me. Some art is thought-provoking. It makes me reconsider some thought process that I had taken for granted. Some art is

Some comments on Andrew Sullivan's NY Mag article entitled Democracies End When They Are To Democratic. There's actually a lot to comment on. I want to start by reviewing some of the problems with the article. Afterwords I'll comment on some of his valid

Was perusing the net and ran across Greg Egan's No Intelligence Required [http://www.gregegan.net/ESSAYS/NISF/NISF.html] - a brilliant criticism of modern science fiction movies. I think I agree with everything he said but I would like to mention a couple of other films

I'm currently reading Atheism for Dummies [http://www.amazon.com/Atheism-Dummies-Dale-McGowan-ebook/dp/B00BK8KBYG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid=] on the Kindle (well, the Kindle App; not the actual Kindle). It seems a very good book so far. (I've just finished

Check out my new blog Idle Rooster's Conceptual Clutter [http://ircc.ghost.io/]. At least I've gotten around to posting things over there!

I'm finally working on a project that I should soon be making public. Watch this blog; there will be something new in about one-week's time.