Cause Versus Influence, and Violent Games
The reasonable and informed won’t go as far as saying that playing violent video games causes real-world violence. Now the discussion is more about whether playing violent games influences a person enough so that he’s more likely to act violently in the real world. Scientific studies and opinions differ. For instance, Minnesota Post columnist Susan Perry wrote in January … Read more
Photo of Piece (Cooperative Chess) Board
This is my personal board and the first Piece board I made. The center circle is where the kings and queens of each side “meet.” And the outer circles don’t have a practical purpose, but they symbolize a new dynamic added to traditional chess play. Circle shadows square. I used to call Piece “Reciprocal Chess,” … Read more
Poem – Natural Human Disaster Recovery
Natural Human Disaster Recovery I put my line on the land when my hand won’t do. When at times the land lives cleaner than the palm or my sprawl’s finger — purple, white and red. Put my line on the land when that’s the best I have in time of tremor and chill, bitten nail … Read more
Five Reasons To Play Cooperative Chess
DISCLAIMER: This post is not meant to portray competitive chess players as horrible monsters, or to say that anyone who plays competitive chess is doomed to become a sociopath. Rather, I want to show some of the ways in which cooperative chess benefits players, and how cooperative chess surpasses the value of competitive chess. Read the … Read more
How I Incidentally Copied Pablo Picasso
Years ago, during my quest to make as many things out of upcycled bicycle parts as I could imagine, I made “the steerhead,” which is built out of road handlebars, brake levers, a stem and a seat. I emailed a photo of it to Graham Bergh of Resource … Read more
Smiled From The Streets I Held – Poem
Past the drug across a corner next to a woman, near the face, left of right surely wrong. I smiled from the only place possible at that time, close to nothing on the street in the way. But “even in laughter the heart may be in pain,” and I dropped streets on shoes and ran … Read more
Moral Lessons From Liberty Mutual
The insurance company Liberty Mutual made a commercial called “Doing The Right Thing.” In the commercial, various people are shown doing a kind act toward someone else. The sub-theme given to the commercial is, “Doing the right thing and doing the easy thing are rarely the same.” After watching the commercial — which you can … Read more
A Cottonwood Cemetery: Segregated Graves?
Here at a Cottonwood, Ariz. graveyard there are two noticeably different parts: the predominantly Latino part and the predominantly “vanilla” part. The predominantly “vanilla” part is more grassy and surrounded by trees. The predominantly Latino part is not grassy, has few trees … Read more
Who’s A Hero?
What is a hero? Is it someone who chooses to do the right thing, or is it something more? In August 2012, Brian Dillon, a construction worker who was working in New York City near the Empire State Building, found and alerted police officers after he saw a gunman shoot another man. The officers eventually … Read more
