Lent

Today is the Ides of March, so everyone be careful out there. It is a day about tyrannies and ideologies and internal threats. It is also about failed expectations and unhappy truths. Julius Caesar, ambitious with and for power, is killed by his inner circle. And the world changes in an instant. With the betrayal

Queen and David Bowie "Under Pressure"

Lent is a time of fasting writ large. Many people take on some kind of dietary restriction like fasting during daylight, not eating chocolate or drinking coffee or alcohol. And it's for Lent only, as if it were being seasonally kosher. The tide returns with Easter and we can raise a beer glass to a

Röyksopp "What Else Is There?"

It's hard for me to go through Lent and not gravitate back towards the writings of the existentialists. Camus, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche are the most influential upon me. Like your typical angst-ridden teen, I discovered them while in high school. A friend liked Camus' "The Stranger" and I was intrigued. And I wanted to learn