I am a small fellow, weighing perhaps 140 pounds when soaking wet, so my supper tonight was fully adequate: a thin steak, the size of a handspread, four or so slices of bread, and a salad. Not a staggering feast, but along with an apple before starting supper it is a full meal for someone of my stature and occupation. Read More

I have lived much like a man under house arrest since moving here, staying close to my apartment and a few other approved locations. I don’t regret it. My emotional chemistry is volatile and warrants careful observation before testing on new substances. Though I have felt a want of social interaction since even before moving, actually for about two years, Read More

When Christ promised to send the Holy Spirit, He promised His presence. He did not promise to send the Cure for Cancer, or the Defeat of Enemies, or Happy Feelings. When we are suffering, we tend to cry out to God, “God, please, change our circumstances so that we no longer suffer; or at least please make the pain less.” Read More

If perchance there are gentle and refined readers out there, be advised that in this post I use coarser language than I usually employ–in writing. I once told my boss that if so-and-so told him such-and-such, they were full of bullshit, because it wasn’t so. He replied, “Oh, you said ‘bullshit.’ You’re all grown up now, I’m so proud of Read More