…Should they not attain their aim, should the veil of deception be torn, the give way to all the greater fury’
-Friedrich Nietzsche, ‘Human, All Too Human’ #341, 1878

- Friedrich Nietsche. ‘Human, All to Human’, #49

…and this guarantees nothing for knowledge but itself, just as strong faith proves only it’s strength and not the truth of what is believed in.
-Friedrich Nietzsche, ‘Human, all too human’

…a feeling is deep because we think the accompanying thought is deep. But the ‘deep’ thought can nevertheless be very far from the truth, as, for instance, every metaphysical one; if one takes away from the deep feeling the commingled elements of thought, then the strong feeling remains…

…There’s the terrible thing: the strangeness of the stranger.” - Ursula K Le Guin. “Nine Lives”

"...yet we may rest assured that without the tireless efforts of those who are concerned with the welfare of humanity as a whole, the lot of mankind would be still worse than in fact it even now is." — Albert Einstein, receiving the "One World Award", Carnegie Hall, April 27, 1948

So... Poor Things?

Congratulations!

I am insofar as I can be. When I have gatherings of 4 or more, such as my 11 person guy retreat this weekend, there's not a lot of other options. But for 1 or 2 person travel, I always go hotel.

Oh, sure. You say that now, but next thing you know your dragons are firebombing my house!

This is so not because of the governmental proclamation that 'all men are created equal & endowed with inalienable rights,' but because of the more fundamental Christian philosophy of the brotherhood of man."
- Official Manual with the Doctrines and Disciplines of the Church of God in Christ. 1973.