Marc Gilbert-Widmann

Category: Opinion

  • “Santa’s Beard Has Always Been White” – His Beard, Say I…

    A VISIT FROM ST NICHOLAS, HIS “RACIALLY BENIGN” BEARD ALL WHITE. THE REST IT MATTERS NOT, WHAT THE COLOR IS, ONLY A SLEIGH FULL OF TOYS FOR CHILDREN OF ALL RACE, COLOR AND CREED. “The Night Before Christmas“ 1 ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro’ the house, 2 Not a creature was stirring,…

  • Quote of the Day 21 December 2013 – Relationships

    “Happiness is not something that you can find, acquire, or achieve directly. You have to get the conditions right and then wait. Some of those conditions are within you, such as coherence among the parts and levels of your personality. Other conditions require relationships to things beyond you: Just as plants need sun, water, and…

  • Thought of the Moment, But Only For “A Moment”

  • Words of the Day 16 December 2013 – Einstein

    “Professor: “You are a Christian aren’t you son?” Einstein: (as a student) “Yes sir.” “So you believe in God?” “Absolutely sir.” “Is God good”? “Sure.” “Is God all powerful?” “Yes.” “My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to heal others who are ill.…

  • Triple Quote Saturday – 14 December 2013- Imagine

    “Imagine the people who believe such things and who are not ashamed to ignore, totally, all the patient findings of thinking minds through all the centuries since the Bible was written. And it is these ignorant people, the most uneducated, the most unimaginative, the most unthinking among us, who would make themselves the guides and…

  • Narcissist Q/A – Friday the 13th – What Compels People to Take Advantage of Others?

    QUESTION: What Compels People to Take Advantage of Others? I don’t understand. ANSWER: The easy answer… people are bullies and sometimes people allow themselves to be taken advantage of for fear of loss. The complicated answer… Some people (narcissists) feel they are better, superior, in a different class and while it may manifest in many ways,…

  • Tech Piece of the Day 12 December 2013 – Data Transport Protocols

    If we still have some vestige of the digital technological revolution of the last century, it is certainly the data transport mechanisms in use throughout the internet. Although maybe we should talk in plural because they are precisely two mechanisms we have inherited from our digital prehistory. These are TCP and UDP. Both data transport mechanisms have…

  • Keep Your Politics Off of MY Facebook

    “Let’s talk about sex bay-bee… Let’s talk about you and me… Let’s talk about all the good things and the bad things that may be.” [Salt ‘N’ Pepa] Let’s talk about cats and dogs… Let’s talk about philosophy… Let’s talk about crime… Let’s talk about sexual predators… Let’s talk about hunger… Let’s talk about homelessness……

  • Intelligent Design Fail

    “Given an infinite number of options and perfect foresight, would you design a world where children are raped?” A question for Theists (Christians etc), Deists, & Agnostics: Would you design mental disease or defect that compels someone to abuse children? If god did that, he can’t be a force for good and his words are meaningless.…

  • Word of the Day 1 November 2013 – Embarrassment

    THERE IS a valid argument AND unfortunate reason for today’s word. And there are other words that carry as much weight on a day like today. Today’s word is personal to me. Before I describe the nature of MY embarrassment, I feel first the need to identify the definition and usage of the word. em·bar·rass·ment…