Humanity
Individualism ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com #FirstCuppaJoe for Sun Sep 18 Individualism (thread) No one is really a “rugged individualist,” not even a narcissist (if Trump is any indication.) I mean, who do you know, that’s more worried about what people think about him? He’s
Agnosticism
What is “Real Life”? (c)2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com #FirstCuppaJoe for Sat Sep 17 (thread) When we humans say “Life,” to us, it encompasses a vast, complex, ages-long and unfathomably-deep, and unique, essence. But we are wrong. What the first paragraph describes is “Biological Life” — as
Ecology
The Heavenly Vintner ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com Old Mother Earth is a Prime Vintage Having aged in the black dark cellar of space For billions of years, undisturbed, Except for ocasional riddling by asteroids and comets. At some long-planned moment the Vintner opened the bung And
Agnosticism
The Gun Lap ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com #FirstCuppaJoe for Tue Sep 13 (thread) When you’re looking at the realistic possibility that you might be dead in a few months, you try to make the best of the short time that might be left. You PRIORITIZE…
9/11
Interpretations! ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr, VernonMilesKerr.com FirstCuppaJoe for Sat Sep 3 (thread) When struggling to think of the date— here in the wee-hours in California— I nearly wrote “Sep 11 …” That anniversary is nearing, isn’t it? On September 11, 2001 more than 3,000 innocent Americans died
Agnosticism
Perspective ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com The deeper into space we look and listen, intelligent, extraterrestrial life is getting more, and more, improbable. Either that, or the true results of modern scientific-investigation is being withheld from the general public. Out of the thousands of stars being discovered
Agnosticism
An Atheist’s Queries ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com My good buddy on Twitter, Dan Hogg, is a confirmend atheiist, me, I’m a confirmed agnostic. We get into it on Twitter quite a bit, but it’s always in a spirit of good humor and mutual
Agnosticism
Discerning Human Taint In Holy Books ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com As an agnostic, I’ll admit that The Bible “may” be — at least, obliquely — inspired by the Supreme Being, whom I unreservedly refer to as “God.” I also refer to God as a He, since there
Humanity
A Writer Writes, But… ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com A writer writes, but a writer has to have something helpful to say. And, even then, people won’t listen unless they’re entertained in the process. Most people won’t. A writer’s body of work must
Earth from Space
It’s a Goog, Goog, Googley World ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com #FirstCuppaJoe for May 19 (thread) We like to bitch about Google because it’s’owned by a huge mega-corp. But when —ever— in world history has the combined knowledge of humanity been available to such
Baby Boomers
Evil vs Good (c) 2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com #FirstCuppaJoe for May 15 (thread) Was there ever any good from Hitler’s rise? If he hadn’t caused all that trouble in Europe, I and all the other war-babies and boomers wouldn’t exist. Pre-Pearl Harbor, my
Humanity
America’s Built-in Tension ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com #FirstCuppaJoe for May 12 (thread) The 13 American Colonies, once the rebellion was over, were essentially 13 unique, countries. In order to form a larger country from that mélange, each had to give up some of its inate
Agnosticism
Genesis Redux ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com #FirstCuppaJoe for May 11 (thread) Atheists don’t waste a lot of time with the “God thing.” Maybe that’s the advantage of ideology. All matters in the relevant subject are settled firmly, thus freeing the mind for other concerns.
Conservatism
Conservatism’s Secret Source ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com #FirstCuppaJoe for Apr 25 (thread) Today’s “meditational revelation” is that the world’s “right-wing” is living in a #FascistDreamWorld, so much so, that they cannot accept the scientific realities of the human species. For example, the silly
American Heroes
American Heroes in the Poker Game of Life ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr, and VernonMilesKerr.com There’s a common saying, here in America, often said when faced with a challenge which carries some unfortunate negative baggage, “Ya hafta play the cards that y’er dealt” We Americans love a
Humanity
And, More Time ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com I wrote yesterday, “Time is a construct of the human mind.” That’s not exactly accurate. Well, maybe it’s accurate as far as our mundane perspective goes, because, in our minds, the present doesn’t seem to exist