Category Archives: philosophy

Waking Up From A Dream Job

Posted on July 17, 2010 by randomyriad

Well the final blow has come. I am soon to be unemployed. I actually thought the school I am working for was going to make it. I thought we had weathered stormy night of economic bad times and come out … Continue reading →

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Hamlet, The Hatter, and Wiley Cayote: My Cartoon Life Part II

Posted on July 12, 2010 by randomyriad

The Mad Hatter‘s Riddle: “Why is a raven like a writing desk?” Hamlet‘s Cloud: Act III Scene II Hamlet: Do you see yonder cloud, That’s almost in the shape of a camel. Polonius: By the mass, and ’tis like a … Continue reading →

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Learning to Walk Back in My Shadows of Truth

Posted on May 31, 2010 by randomyriad

“I’ve got to learn to walk back to the shadows of truth” — Jack Kerouac, journals 11/47 This is what I want to do as writer. There is no way to tell “The Truth” because there is only subjective truth, … Continue reading →

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The Windblown World: One Man’s Attempt to Stay Awake

Posted on May 30, 2010 by randomyriad

I am reading “The Windblown World“, a compilation of Jack Kerouac‘s journals from 1947-1954. This is a man who thought about his life and struggled with the huge questions of existence, but he never seems to lose his naive wonder … Continue reading →

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Every Path Leads Somewhere

Posted on April 23, 2010 by randomyriad

I was lying in bed early this morning after waking up from a strange nightmare. Something about pulling papers out of a confidential file that I wasn’t supposed to access. I ended up with some terrible lung disease as a … Continue reading →

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