I want to be a writer one day, and so, I must practice. I realize its possible to conclude myself a writer given this blog. That won’t suffice though, dear reader– its not True. I’d like to be someone who writes well. No, that too is not an entirely True way to explain my goal, dear reader. I must strike True with this, so that you know what being True is all about. What I want to be… is the story-teller.

You know the story-teller; the story-teller speaks clearly but often parenthetically. He motions at times with a scarred or wrinkled hand, reaching for a pocket full of magic or to separate himself from his nicotian and billow smoke — in his mind, the history of the world swims beset aside the long lost decades. Perhaps still  though, admist the madness, a few pearls of wisdom exist to share, if only you’ll listen.

He always begins, by clearing his throat, dear reader– and that is what this is. So, without further self-indulgence, I offer…

The Book of Jordan

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Below, the cover of The New Yorker this month, showing a candid shot of our President in the oval office, “chilling” with one of his better friends — capturing the President, a man at work.

Funniest do-it-yourself (de-)motivation poster ever.

One day, all our computational abilities will flow, as electricity does, into every home, carrying with it the full force of the entire orchestra of functionality on the Internet — it will cease to be the Internet and become the Grid.

A prediction inspired by this...

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CNN’s Money section has an article saying the FCC has approved the merger of Sirius and XM after 16 months on a vote of 3-to-2.

Religion is the opiate of the masses. - Karl Marx

Religion does three things quite effectively: Divides people, Controls people, Deludes people. - Carlespie Mary Alice McKinney

An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support. - John Buchan

I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours. - Stephen Roberts

In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point. - Friedrich Nietzsche

Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all of which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, even if religion vanished; but religious superstition dismounts all these and erects an absolute monarchy in the minds of men. - Francis Bacon

Calling Atheism a religion is like calling bald a hair color. - Don Hirschberg

The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully. - Richard Dawkins

Which is it, is man one of God’s blunders or is God one of man’s? - Friedrich Nietzsche

God.  Religion.  And all those poor, witless dupes taken in — these are a few of my favorite things! I’m kidding. While I do despise organized religion, that does not automatically mean I have a problem faith. I make this clarification because people will likely assume I believe faith — along with religion — is useless. When the fact is, such a characterization could not be further from the truth.

Its important to make clear that, I’m not saying anything about faith when I talk about religion. That those are two entirely different things.  And though its somewhere in the really boring middle, that the Bible covers this particular topic.

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Bob Kane’s novels come to life. And Ledger’s best work. His Joker was disturbing, dazzling and surprising; a masterwork of villainry.