For over 20 years I’ve had chronic pain related to cervical arthritis and cervical nerve damage related to a herniated disc in 1997. A few years ago, I restarted the physical practice of asana (what most people call “yoga” is actually one of eight aspects of yoga called asana). Yoga, along with medical marijuana,…

As a gay man who grew up in the rural Deep South (Alabama), until my late 20s/early 30s I experienced a recurring, disturbing dream in which I was trapped in high school, not having enough credits to graduate, meaning I could not get the hell out. After studying lucid dreaming in the 80s, I was able to confront the…

Happiness is a choice I make in every moment. Once I grokked that notion, I realized I could better decisions to be happy and it worked.

I have lived on a modest salary for well over 20 years. My lifestyle is frugal, but I am happier than I’ve ever been. One of the gifts of learning to live within my means has been the jettisoning of a plethora of things that society endlessly tells us are the hallmarks of a “good” life: owning a home or land, dining…

Beware: this is one more attempt by Microsoft to lock us into a subscription service, where they would eventually charge us for access to our own data.

We are looking to the future, which is why so many oppose his brand of selfishness and the degraded worldview from which he sprang. #resist

It did this Alabaman-born man’s heart good to see bigot asshole Sessions grilled by a highly educated and sharp-as-a-tack California Senator Kamala Harris. She is there to serve the American people - not Big Corp - and she has the courage and intelligence to make a positive impact for all of us.

I see this as in the same category as a keystroke mapper, which documents how many keystrokes per minute occur, and which is used in some workplaces to squeeze more work out of already overworked and underpaid employees...

Amen, brother.

Michael - this is delightful! Thanks.

Android Nougat offers a Blue Light Filter that may be toggled through the Quick Settings panel pulled down from the top.

I am a Wiccan pagan and the pentacle in the image used is one of our most common and identifiable symbols, representing the 5 sacred things of Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit. Please consider using another image in the future, so that pagans and witches are not associated with “cult” status.

This just appeared in my garden... damn, Sean Spicer gets around.
Get the HELL outta my geraniums, asshole!

I think it is a proto-erotic symbol, something that teases our fantasies into _more_ - not necessarily focused on the butt as the body part fantasized.

Social Security has lifted tens of millions of Americans out of grinding poverty and represents a promise our nation’s leaders and government made to its people. We must raise taxes on those who earn bajillions and maintain this minimal safety net. Every other nation in the civilized world has a significantly better…

I learned the same thing growing up in public schools in the Deep South, almost exclusively white Calvinist Protestant.

Teaching is generally misperceived as the receiving of knowledge through instruction, a passive understanding of a creative process. Teaching, properly understood, is a process of learning that is facilitated by one person and in which both the instructor and students learn and progress together, creating and…

I talk to myself, since I’m one of the most interesting people I know. ;)

All thanks to the Republicans and conservatives, who hate the idea that government exists to serve The People.

It is counterproductive to confront or accuse another person regarding STDs/STIs. All this does is discourage that person from getting tested/screened and informing their contacts. The best response (speaking as an RN of almost 40 years and as a sexually active gay man) is to agree to be tested regularly and to share…