allusion, 2001: a Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick, 1001 nights

high school writers, juvenile, halloween

gravity-balance, walking, sidewalks

divinity, Christ

chemical warfare, weapons, mass destruction

sports, athletes, injuries

hyperbole, communication, truth

Julius Caesar, taxes, transparency, anonymity, globalism

diversity, virtue signalling, idiocy, empty-headedness, mindlessness, disunity

trade-offs, compassion, virtue signalling, idiocy, empty-headedness, mindlessness

extra-terrestrial, mortality, self-awareness

aloneness, isolation, separtion, hell, denial, hermit

food, fish, sushi, fried, bacon

corruption, money, currency, fomites, germs

exobiology, intelligence, technology, language

extra-terrestrials, intelligence, religion, sci-fi, novels

yin yang, tension, opposites, Eastern philosophy

music, Christianity, Gustav Mahler, resurrection

hypocrisy, vegetarianism, Yellowstone

tyanny, freedom

engineers, discovery, creation, problem-solving, quantify, compute

Christianity, blessings, service

hyperthymesia, memory, positive, negative

love, hate, psychology, opposite, conflict, renewal

quotations, Engines of God, Jack McDevitt, archaeology, history, psychology

binary math, code, evolution, political correctness

antiques, time, people

sports, teams, athletes, distraction, psychology

self-assurance, social validation, ego, psychology

grandpa, getting old, son, mother

prayer, greatfulness, contentment

friendship, conversation, risk-taking

quotations, movies, Giant, courage, good cause, losing, hero

rule of thumb, guidance, food, dessert, chocolate cake, equanimity

politics, voting, high school, popularity, celebrity

wrting, publishing, Internet, digital text, originality, plargiarism

love song, logic, if-the, indirection, Oscar Hammerstein, II, "If I Loved You"

psychology, human nature, charity, benevolence, collectivism, free market, taxes, virtue-signaling

education, teaching, students

respiration, breathing, psychology

Christianity, Islam, culture, bullying

emotionless, God, atheism, faith, science

quotations, J.D. Irwin, Sex and Culture, sexuality, culture, history, psychology

universe, multiverse, infinity, events, material, biological, sentient

aliens, sentience, self-consciousness, vanity, adornments

professors, professionals, ideology, indoctrination, collectivism, free market, conservatism

political power, alcoholism, citizenry, spending

political battle, culture, globalism, nationalism, apocalypse

civilization, aggression, appetite

postmodernism, deconstruction, text, subjectivity

courage, power

pessimism, self-pity

government, elections, term-limits

television, Harry Bosch, food, pancakes

friendship, popularity, human nature

postmodern contradictions, modernism, reason, knowledge, Western civilization

mathematics, language, nature, purpose, amoral, moral, immortal

non-physical, material, derivation, politics, theology

thinking, cognition, creativity, psychology

parody

quotations, Terry Pratchett, trust, belief, dream, work

allusion, voters, elections, emotion, level-headedness

knowledge, explanation, mind, language, truth, faith

if-then, self-assuredness, maturity, virtue, rudyard kipling, subordinate clause

movies, Run Silent, Run Deep, WWII, Pacific theater, chain of command, organization, action

little things

travel, home

biology, life, persistence, inevitability, environment, adaptability

valid, generalization

procrastination, popularity, immortality, laziness

death, creativity, meaning, immortality, mortality

absences, nothing

isotropic, utensils

poster, muse

knowledge, memory

psychology, masochist, golf, hyperbole

psychology, personality, humanity

computer software, Adobe® Illustrator®, gradient mesh, sadism

human, animal, communication, intellect, language, curiosity, evolution

composition, simplicity, precision, consistency, trade-offs

national sovereignty, Democrats, Republicans,freedom, equality, balance, election reform

sports, basketball, officiating

decisions, regret, second thoughts, undo, redo

free will, decisions, emotions, caprice

old age, love, companionship, marriage, commitment, colonoscopy

worry, anxiety, carpe diem, masochism

stoic, strong-minded, realistic, patient

structureless, objects, ideas, itegers, prime numbers, wondering

boundary, seam, edge, definition, border, language, poetry, politics

psychology, belief, free speech

quotations, humor, laughter, stifle

quotations, Albert Einstein, thinking, discovery

human nature, good, evil, social acuity

diversity, censorship, conformity, rebellion

language, grammar, politicians, manipulation, psychology