Scribblings

People always seemed shocked when I tell them, "I don't know." While it's flattering that they might think I should know, it is disturbing that they aren't used to that level of honesty in all their dealings.

The speed limits for roads haven't increased but the amount of people on the roads per unit time has increased and the amount that a person needs to do in unit time has increased. Unit time remains constant. Something's going to break. Some say that this is already happening - it's known as traffic. The case for mass transportation made solid.

Why do governmental and policy people say, 'Our companies' when referring to companies ? Do they really think the general public has a say in a private company, or that a stockholder thinks her one little share to be worth all of the ownership of the company. No, no. It's THEIR companies. Unless, of course, lobbyism is so deeply instilled that these same representatives actually believe that the company is making them money... because, by definition, lobbyism is those companies making them money. Next time, say the lesbian bondage club was OUR lesbian bondage club...

The trouble with atheism in conversation is that, more often than not, it is defined by what it isn't instead of what it is. Of course, that it has to be defined at all is a bit of a problem, too. Belief should be private. I wonder how a God would feel being worn on so many sleeves. 'Hey, God isn't on your sleeve!' - that's atheism.

We are wind. People only miss the wind when there is no wind.