Phil Ossify

Daniel Franklin Farris, b. March 22, 1934, d. Nov. 6, 2011 I'm writing a piece...

I saw this on Facebook. I replied to it: 1) Nobody is "rigging" an election....

I'm not liking the fact that the Trump candidacy has set off this sneering assault...

As an atheist, you hear it all the time – the in-your-face assertion that Humans...

I've recently been toying with the idea that each of us has an "adaptive limit."...

Watch this video: I've been seeing optical illusions like this for something like 60 years,...

I was thinking about the concept of transcendence today as I worked on my roof....

In pursuit of my Beta Culture concept, I've been thinking a lot about Culture over...

Neil deGrasse Tyson tweeted in favor of evidence-based policy. And the response was just weird.

I'm not very big on saluting the flag, or flying one at my house. To...

I've been thinking about that gorilla that just got shot to death at the Cincinnati...

•  Dogs like icewater in the summer, just like people do. •  The burger you...

Some of what you work out -- hopefully, anyway -- as you go about your...

Someone once walked into my office with a basket of Chihuahua puppies. "Here, you want...

I had a post a bit more than a year ago titled A Third Approach...

The world around us – through holiday stories, songs, animated movies, TV shows, sweet little...

Watch the video. The cats are you and I. The guy holding the laser is...

I confess to mixed feelings about November 11. I have a number of fairly conservative...

I'm having this idea. Haven't worked it out completely, but … here's the main part....

Anyone paying attention in the last few decades of life on Earth can't help but...

Had a little epiphany today about the sense of humor, and why ultra-conservatives don't seem...

Today I located the Facebook pages of a handful of old friends, some from my...

Rather than amplifying intelligence, I think the Internet and TV are taking the place of...

Tools are under-appreciated by most of us officey types. Whether it’s a circular saw, a...

One of the things I enjoy doing on my daily van trips -- I'm in...

I have friends in Texas who did some pretty questionable stuff in their wild teen...

I was thinking today about large-scale social motion in a negative direction. Not as some...

Three years and a bit later, I don't dwell on the death of my Cowboy...

I lived in mountain lion country for more than 20 years. Never saw a single...

I'm late to the party, but Greta Christina has a new book on death and...