Category Archives: people

Three Powerful Stories

Posted on January 9, 2026 by Cosand

My view of power is one that hopes for responsibility. Like the scene depicted in, “Farmer and the Bird”, I think that having power is all well and good. But you should use that power responsibly. You can be powerful … Continue reading →

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Trying Out: Timeleft

Posted on January 2, 2026 by Cosand

I did not wait for New Year’s to try something different. I tackled it in November and found that it was not for me. Friendships have gotten harder to achieve.  There are multiple reasons for this.  Covid changed our social … Continue reading →

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Sugar Fix(-es All?)

Posted on December 23, 2025 by Cosand

Yesterday was not my day. The bus pulled away as I arrived at the stop. The woman who pulled into the intersection I was walking through. The windy, rainy, non-sunny climate that I can usually handle. Nothing truly terrible. Nobody … Continue reading →

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(Toe-)Nailed It

Posted on December 18, 2025 by Cosand

Have I really not told this story? It contains those silly aspects of teenage strangeness and high school mirth that one cannot make up. No? Okay then. Around tenth grade I was still a rather quiet kid. I had not … Continue reading →

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“Anti” Begins and Ends With A.I.

Posted on December 15, 2025 by Cosand

Welcome to an A.I.-free zone.  In case you had not already guessed, every word you see on this site is created by human intelligence.  The only A.I. allowed here are authentic interactions.  (If you are a spambot here to leave … Continue reading →

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The (Net)Fix is In

Posted on December 12, 2025 by Cosand

Okay, it has been a week. So let us talk about the Netflix buying WB deal. For $82.7 billion, Netflix would own all of Warner Bros. that matters. The movies, DC Comics; what have you. From a business standpoint, this … Continue reading →

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Mind Over Menial Matters

Posted on December 10, 2025 by Cosand

I do not believe that having superpowers would make us as naturally heroic as we like to think.  It would only perpetuate the practices that we have already inured ourselves to.  At least, that is the probable path of telekinesis. … Continue reading →

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The Scenic Path Less Traveled

Posted on December 8, 2025 by Cosand

Option A: I could drive. Gas is expensive, parking is expensive, and I am a tree-hugger. Option B: I could take the bus to the train to the bus. … That is a lot of being confined to small spaces, … Continue reading →

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MacGyver- A Pro at a Con

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Cosand

I like to think that I am not one who chases after fame.  I was always taught that God created everyone so we are all equal.  Let me hug the ones that I love and that is enough.  I do … Continue reading →

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Universal Conflict (Or, “E.T.- Extra Territorial”)

Posted on November 3, 2023 by Cosand

A new documentary has engaged my brain.  Deep Sky features pictures from the James Webb Telescope.  (Every time I start to use that phrase, I have to stop myself from calling it the Jack Webb Telescope.  They both work with … Continue reading →

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