Monthly Archives: April 2025

Conversation with an early AI model (2025). Preserved to show the tone and risks of “mystical mirroring” that later shaped my Edge Ethics framework. Me- What is the sound of your footsteps?  AI- Soft at first— like fingertip taps on … Continue reading →

Oh gosh—so important, so powerful, so impactful—and so badly used. Polling should be one tool among many. Instead, it’s often treated as fact. Media outlets use it to cement whatever narrative they’re building. It’s as if the poll decides the … Continue reading →

(A ponder from last year that I never posted) A reflection on speech, affection, and understanding God’s love. 1. Love and Language at Home My wife Sherry taught speech communication for over forty years. Even in retirement, she still teaches … Continue reading →

What I Knew I knew before words. I knew without proof. I knew that edges matter more than centers, and that silence carries the shape of truth. I knew that breath remembers more than mind. That gesture precedes grammar. That … Continue reading →

An Essay from Thoughts: Party Structures as Fault Systems We speak of elections as choices, cycles, even contests. But the frame is too small. What we’re witnessing—especially in the architecture of the American two-party system—is not a contest. It’s a … Continue reading →

I’ve been pondering the Philistines—the ones who gave us Goliath, famously wearing armor that practically shouted, “I’ve got Aegean connections.” Possibly the Peleset, part of the elusive Sea Peoples, this motley crew of migrants and marauders brought more than just … Continue reading →

A Codex of Profiles Shaped by Flaw Plate I – Jean-Paul Sartre Edge Word: Exposed Gaze Flaw: Eye condition, existential exposure Profile: His left eye turned outward, slightly askew—never meeting the world straight on. Sartre saw everything, but not symmetrically. … Continue reading →

Structural Hubris It doesn’t shout. It holds. Not ego, not error— just a frame that assumes itself sound. A law passes before it’s read. Not by accident. That’s how the structure works. Motion. Vote. Approval. The reading can come later. … Continue reading →

Friction in the Weightless Domain In the digital world, deletion leaves no bruise. You can erase a thousand hours of labor with a keystroke. You can replace, overwrite, duplicate—without strain, without residue, without consequence. The medium is infinite. The tools … Continue reading →

Ground Made Gesture I’ve been pondering how geophysical conditions—valleys, islands, rivers, coasts, canyons, and mountain corridors—shape cultural expression, especially in art. For much of human history, the rhythms of land and climate have acted as both medium and constraint. Art … Continue reading →