…If we were to grasp the true nature of nature-if we could comprehend the real meaning of evolution-then we would envision a world in which every living plant, insect, and animal species is changing at every instant, in response to every other living plant, insect, and animal. Whole populations of organisms are rising and falling, shifting and changing. This restless and perpetual change, as inexorable and unstoppable as the waves and tides, implies a world in which all human actions necessarily have uncertain effects. The total system we call the biosphere is so complicated that we cannot...

Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow– You are not wrong who deem That my days have been a dream; Yet if hope has flown away In a night, or in a day, In a vision, or in none, Is it therefore the less gone? All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream.” – Edgar Allan Poe, “A Dream Within A Dream”

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. – Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize winning author. Notice she said demands and denies. ‘Nuff said…

The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. – Arthur C. Clarke, famous British sci-fi author and inventor That statement is so very true. Many of us see impossible as the definitive end-of-line. Just look at your daily life. We’ll throw around the word “impossible” freely at times. And I’m not acting like I don’t. In 2005, my wife and I made a New Year’s resolution to severely limit our use of the word “impossible”. We found that most of the time, we let our frustration...

The future is a devious thing. We’re all time-travellers, albeit pretty damn slow time-travellers. We only go forward at a speed of one day per day, one step for every step. – Brian Lumley, British horror author, “Necroscope Series” and “Vampire World Series”(1986-1994) You haven’t read a vampire story until you read Brian Lumley’s work. The heroes and villians are one of a kind. I love you Anne Rice. But Lestat can’t touch Shaithis.

Writing is one of the few professions in which you can psychoanalyse yourself, get rid of hostilities and frustrations in public, and get paid for it. — Octavia Butler, award-winning sci-fi author, 1947 - 2006. Very true but I’m a blogger. Don’t have time to research all that for profit angles in blogging. Besides, as long as I can read your books Octavia, I don’t ever have to earn a damn dime off of my writing. R.I.P. I’ll miss you.

Encryption…is a powerful defensive weapon for free people. It offers a technical guarantee of privacy, regardless of who is running the government… It’s hard to think of a more powerful, less dangerous tool for liberty. – Esther Dyson Tell it sister (I adore and respect Esther Dyson). Living here in the “connected” portion of the USA, we take for granted the notion of encryption. There are free encryption software out on the Internet that will safeguard your data from those who wish to see. Just think about it my fellow connected Americans… FREE ENCRYPTION!...

Van Corvaire’s business was conducted entirely by appointment; his jewelry was custom designed for the very rich and tasteless, people who would find it necessary to buy hundred-thousand-dollar necklaces to wear to a thousand-dollar-a-plate charity dinner, and never grasp the irony. – Dean R. Koontz, author, “The Bad Place” (1990) I love that particular excerpt from “The Bad Place“. It says so much in such a small amount of words. I don’t think people in general grasp the ironies of many situations. Not saying that makes you, me, or any one else a bad...

I like the motions of the sea Dizzy, dizzy heights I go spin, spin, spin Let the record play on Harnessing my sound Just as long as I’m not stationary – Uschi Classen, “Dizzy Heights”, Soul Magic LP (2002) Sometimes I’m just taken in by the simple yet surprisingly moving lyrics of some songs.

Dance sister dance I love the way you move I love to watch you Dance sister dance Feel the rhythm flow into your soul Dance sister dance Feel the rhythm flow Feel the rhythm flow through you Dance sister dance I love to watch you move I love the way you dance Baila mi hermana Baila para mi Baila mi hermana Baila para mi – Santana, “Dance Sister Dance (Baila Mi Hermana)”, (1976) Your magical, charming, and enchanting when you move woman. And with that big smile on your face… Dance with me, wifey! We big dudes can move very well when motivated.