Everything In The Medicine Cabinet Has Expired

Doubt and Faith: Halves of the Same Wheel

2013-05-19T08:29:00.000-04:00

True beliefs express themselves in action alone. Transitory beliefs express themselves in debate, argument, cognitive dissonance, and faith. Thus, most of our beliefs are subject to change. We...

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Do We Choose Our Beliefs?

2013-05-17T06:51:00.001-04:00

Steve Perry asks: Hey Spencer, Where do you get the idea that we do not choose our beliefs? Steve My answer: Beliefs are...

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A More Accurate Definition of Faith

2013-05-15T11:39:00.001-04:00

We have no control over what we believe. As the famous quotation goes, "you can do what you want, but, you can't want what you want". What we believe takes no effort. It is not dependent upon science...

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Marx's Body Count

2013-05-13T13:23:00.002-04:00

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The Most Rational Decision

2013-05-10T06:00:00.000-04:00

First of all, I am researching suicide for my next book. I have to say that, because when friends and family notice you are writing, reading, and talking a lot about suicide, they get a little...

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Otis

2013-05-09T10:31:00.001-04:00

He died while I was in my mid twenties, but up until about three or four years before his death, I viewed my maternal grandfather as an angry, disconnected, somewhat silly man. My only pleasant early...

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On Suicide Logic

2013-05-08T12:59:00.000-04:00

I will never shoot myself. It's too messy, and leaves a traumatic scene for the person who finds you; likewise hanging and jumping from a considerable height. I will never poison myself, because it...

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Reviews I Wish I Had Gotten For My Book

2013-05-04T08:57:00.001-04:00

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It Is Finished.

2013-05-02T22:34:00.001-04:00

Get your copy of EVERYTHING IN THE MEDICINE CABINET HAS EXPIRED right here. I'm pretty proud of it. These are my best pieces of writing, and Andrew Wood's illustrations are phenomenal. Get...

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E-Mail to the American Worker

2013-04-30T17:37:00.002-04:00

(co-written with David Troxell) Comrades! Just kidding. I know that kind of language scares the shit out of you. In 1918, Lenin wrote his ‘Letter to the American Worker’ encouraging her to...

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H.P. Lovecraft Furnishes Us With a Good Reason Not To Commit Suicide

2013-04-27T12:57:00.003-04:00

It may seem strange to most people that one would need a reason not to commit suicide, but there are those of us out there who need one. To some, knowing that the self checkout lane is open is...

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I Have Made a Book!

2013-04-24T16:02:00.003-04:00

Pretty fucking excited about the book I have coming out on May 3rd. It's a collection of essays, stories, and status updates that were originally posted on this blog and other places, plus some new...

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Substance Abuse & Mental Illness: A Match Made In Hell

2013-04-21T07:45:00.001-04:00

I have a degree in psychology, and have worked in the human services for 6 years if you count the 2 years I spent volunteering at Hospice. My current job--at a homeless shelter--puts me in contact...

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Many Americans Don't Understand Freedom

2013-04-15T08:24:00.000-04:00

Again and again I hear Americans--especially of the conservative bent--talk about freedom as if it is an either/or proposition; "Homosexuals should be free to marry", or "the government cannot...

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Stories We Tell Ourselves

2013-04-12T07:52:00.000-04:00

I usually check Facebook first thing in the morning. The theme today was pretty religious. People were asking for prayers. People were quoting bible verses and discussing the deeper aspects of...

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Recent Status Updates

2013-04-11T12:58:00.002-04:00

4/10: Waking up in the morning is like getting renewed for another season. I hope i don't live long enough to jump the shark, on the other hand, i'd hate to get canceled during a cliffhanger. ...

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Finding My Religion

2013-03-31T23:43:00.000-04:00

I don't care that I don't make any money from my writing. It is the closest thing to a religious rite that I will ever have. Whatever pain is the shadow part of my creativity and enthusiasm for life...

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2013-03-26T12:18:00.001-04:00

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It's Okay To Need Jesus

2013-03-24T09:00:00.004-04:00

This morning, John Loftus posted the following image to his Facebook page: It's a thought I'm familiar with, and have hitherto been sympathetic to--I guess I'm still sympathetic to it--but I...

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Recent Status Updates

2013-03-23T14:52:00.003-04:00

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Mistakes Were Made!

2013-03-15T07:49:00.000-04:00

What you see happening to the Republican Party right now is a microcosm of what has happened--and was inevitable to happen--to capitalism itself. The Republicans have isolated women, homosexuals,...

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Living With the Demon

2013-03-14T10:47:00.002-04:00

Things got off to a rocky start today. This morning, my car was covered with frost. I didn't clear off the passenger side window, and when turning onto the main road at the end of my street, I...

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"And Ye Shall Be As Gods"

2013-03-09T14:21:00.002-05:00

My friend Andrew posted the following Carl Sagan quotation on Facebook: “But surely there is a message in the heavens that the finiteness not just of life but of whole worlds, in fact of whole...

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Recent Status Updates

2013-03-08T09:36:00.001-05:00

3/8: Marcus Aurelius said we should view each night when we go to sleep as a little death, and each morning when we wake up as a little birth. I agree; I am awake, and this morning I will not be...

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Guns!

2013-03-04T09:57:00.000-05:00

I hate the gun argument that is going on in our country right now. I am a supporter of President Obama, but I think he is wasting a lot of political capital by fighting this battle. The...

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