Pawprints From Space

Another personal tragedy has brought up the question yet again: what the hell is wrong with humans? Back story : I have NEVER been 100% convinced that people are the best things on this planet. As a species we are cruel, petty, concerned with ourselves above all else and seemingly convinced that we are masters of all we survey. Which is complete, utter bullshit. People, humanity, kill each other without regard for the sanctity of life. Not just human life mind you, but all life. We devalue anything that is not "us" or "me". God (or whatever name you give the creative force) created all life on this planet (or allowed it to come into being if you will). All life is sacred. Not just human life. It is beyond arrogant to think otherwise in my opinion. God's creations include the smallest microbe on up to the most complex creatures. And that dear reader includes our companion animals. Dogs AND cats. Do no harm does not apply only to people. The Buddhists ha...

Once upon a time... the Land of Social Media was nice and all the applications played well together. The Lady Blog spoke kindly to the Lord Facebook and he granted her access to the pages via the fey application Simplaris so that more friends and relatives could read her words with ease and without having to navigate the vast and confusing Web to find those words. But lo! Time passed and the Lord Facebook embraced greed and jealousy. Too many were using his pages to peer into realms he did not control. They bypassed his embedded aps, games and assorted tools of addiction and looked beyond to the sphere in which the Lady Blog and others like her dwelt. He could not allow this! It was not right! It challenged his authority as Lord and master of Social Media and besides, he was not getting a kick-back... this must be stopped! Were not his notes pages worthy of reading? Could not the friends and relatives find the words on his pages? Why did they need to seek the Lady Blog's words el...