Think Piece: Fahrenheit 451

I have begun teaching Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451″ to my ninth grade high school students. It is interesting teaching this book realizing that all of the students in the room (from varying international backgrounds) have been raised with more advanced and “faster” communication technologies than I could have dreamed of when I was their age. [...]

Quote: Sherlock Holmes

From Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “A Study in Scarlet”: “You see,” he explained, “I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the [...]

Communication!: A Radical Philosophy for Life’s #1 Problem

I have studied (and worked hard at understanding) the works of Lee Thayer since 2000 and am eagerly awaiting his newest book on Communication, Communication! A Radical Philosophy for Life’s #1 Problem to be released sometime this month (February) by Windsor Media Enterprises. According to the WME website: “Communication! begins with a half-dozen “Forewarnings,” such [...]

10 (+) Articles for Improving Your Mental Hygiene (Vol. 1.0)

A list of ten articles dealing with topics such as: leading, following, awareness, mindfulness, constructive living, esoteric thought, greatness, media ecology, critical thinking, and existence. 1. Lee Thayer: There is Only One Way to Achieve Greatness 2. Mindfulness: Finding Our Own Paths: Entering Awareness 3. RAWilson: Robert Anton Wilson: Thoughts 4. Lee Thayer: Excerpt from [...]

Lady into Fox by David Garnett: Thoughts for Consideration

David Garnett’s 1922 novel, reprinted by McSweeney’s, Lady into Fox is the tale of a one Mr. Tebrick, who, upon out walking with his wife one day, finds to his surprise, that she has transformed into an animal, a fox. From this, we follow Mr. Tebrick as he struggles to preserve (keep) the humanity of [...]