Dust in the Solar Wind

I think that way too many of us go through our day-to-day lives without appreciating the simple fact that we have day-to-day lives. We are in space, floating around. There is no outer-space. There is only space and we're living in it. On a tiny fleck of astronomical dust.

We're doing circles around a fairly average, if not small, mass of hydrogen atoms that are fusing to create helium atoms due to the force of gravity and in the process expelling extra energy that flies 93 million miles to heat and sustain life on a minuscule collection of dust particles that somehow spawned self-aware beings.

Wired to Communicate

The lines that connect us to the Internet also connect us to each other. We sit in front of small terminals everyday that are constantly connected to millions of people around the world. The Internet is the epitome of the human need for communication.

When we communicate we affect each other's brains even when we simply communicate through a purely mechanical process. So, we are actually causing some sort of physiological change, but from thousands of miles away.

The Three-Eyed Monster

Sometimes I hate driving. Sometimes it feels like the world woke up just to make me angry. The traffic lights wait for me. Mocking me as I drive closer and then changing just as I'm about to make it, turning me red with anger. Then it just sits there and stares. Stares at me as my life passes me by as quickly as the cars zooming across. My life drones on like the constant noise of the radio...