the ArmChair Thoughts

I started the idea of this blog second semester of my freshman year in college; some semesters later, graduation time calls and the question is, do I have anything to say about college life/experience/insight. Because I’ve forgotten most of what I learned freshman year (get the point?) and some semester after that, I think I’ve [...]

I know I am often critical of religion in its aristocracy but, recently, I came across this interesting wisdom: “…Not that we [have the audacity to] venture to class or [even to] compare ourselves with some who exalt and furnish testimonials for themselves! However, when they measure themselves with themselves and compare themselves with one [...]

I remember those days of geekery and these days of artistry and the days of philosophies; they are not that different after all–follow this fun game carefully: var you = existing; if  (you==me){     return False;     exit; } else{    if (you == unique){          life = meaningful;        [...]

“Life is a voyage that’s homeward bound” – Herman MelvilleEveryone, everywhere is trying to make some noise. No on wants to listen to what the other has to say, or more likely, everyone seeking their never ending self interest.I re-thought things and wonder if that’s not me. I wonder how often I listen to what [...]

I’ve being looking at life’s experiences lately and I’m thinking, going back to the simpler life of the past might be more fulfilling. As I’ve pointed out before, the more we get the more we want and the less satisfied we are–meet the newest kid on the block: Yesterday. Yesterday was when I thought about [...]

Finally, an atheist can say a prayer or you may think of it as the creed we gently recite to a ‘god’ that lives somewhere and can actually hear us. Join me as we say a prayer together: “Let us take responsibility for our own actions, inactions, strengths and frailties and not project them onto [...]

I’ve been off this blog for quite some days; I could blame school but I wouldn’t–though I’ve found school work on my mind a lot, it’s not the cause of my absenteeism.Four years of college is wrapping up for me and finally, I can stop bashing [western] education, perhaps you’ve read this–and that’s somehow how [...]

Every now and then we tend to continue to pursue the things of life that we think matter, making our living more complicated live and continue to lie to ourselves that our life is getting ‘better’. We get all this ‘add-ons’ on life that we are being convinced we need, to lead a dream life. [...]

I’m thinking of going back to the roots of my culture and following in the religion of my fathers. My fore-fathers where Africans, they didn’t care about who Jesus was, or who the Holy Spirit is, or some Western God. Somehow, I’m feeling that the West has sold us lies in effort to draw us [...]

A long while ago, I used to work at Walmart and the mechanical work culture we were subjected to disheartened me (and my heart still goes out to all those who struggle under those inhumane conditions). I felt as though we were robots–doing specific tasks almost mindlessly; easily replaceable by another machine [human?]. Back then [...]