Around and Back Again

Just this past weekend, while on my way out of a party for a friend of mine, I was stopped by a lovely young woman. “I know you,” she said. “From where?” I was curious as I had noticed her a little while earlier and couldn’t shake the feeling that she seemed a little familiar. [...]

Another Try at Battlefield Psi

According to a recent article in Wired Magazine, the Pentagon is once again throwing money at paranormal sounding research. Unlike some previous attempts at battlefield psi ops, there is actual technology involved this time: The project has three major goals, according to Darpa. First, try to map a person’s EEG patterns to his or her [...]

Metaphysical Monday: Once Upon A Dream

Just a quick set of questions, spawned by a conversation had this weekend… Lucid dreaming is something that I do on a semi-regular basis–either planned or unplanned. Do you lucid dream? Have you ever found yourself in a recursive dream, lucid or otherwise? (One where you “wake up” and then realize that, no, you’re still [...]

Metaphysical Monday: A Second Look

Every now and then, I run into an interesting problem: I don’t see people as they appear to everyone else. Or, perhaps more specifically, I don’t perceive them the same way and that perception difference manifests in my mind processing the visual data differently. This becomes most apparent when going through photos. I’ll see someone, [...]

Metaphysical Monday: Serendipity

I’m a big fan of the idea of serendipity. In fact, I kind of count on it to keep my life interesting. So far, I haven’t been disappointed. I’ve stumbled into most of the great things in my life–my relationships, my jobs, my most interesting ideas and experiences–almost always while looking for something that, at [...]