Nebularity describes a state wherein the mind is not engaged in any aspect of living whether it be moving around, eating, creating, even resting.  The mind lacks a purpose or direction. In short, nebularity is the absence of focus. This…

There I’ve done it! I shamelessly made “sex” my title so to attract more traffic to my stop-and-walk-away-from-the-traffic Horizontology. No really, I did have some things to say about sex and specifically, sex and the Horizontologist. Today there is porn,…

Previously, I spoke about music which is a form of art the essence of which we mistakenly consider to be sound.  Likewise, art — that is the visual arts — is a form of art the essence of which has…

In Turkey I am told, there is an expression “shurla burla” meaning “like this, like that.” It describes the world of the ten thousand things perfectly.  You never know what will happen when and even if you do, you’ll never…

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake. — William James Did you know that once I was abducted by elves?  That’s right!  They brought me to their underground living room and set me up next to…

“The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” — Robert Burns Robert Burns, being a keen observer of all manner of beast and fowl, I call a fellow horizontologist.  Because that’s what we do. Look at the…

There is a little house in the woods — a hut I should say — no bigger than an ice fisherman’s shack.  A door, two windows, two shelves, a bed, books, computer, shirts and socks, lamp and tooth brush. This…