Please read the disclaimer Quick Recap: The Four Noble Truths discusses how 1) Existence is suffering; 2) Suffering has a cause; 3) Suffering can cease; 4) Suffering ceases by following the Noble Eightfold Path. The thing I like most about... Continue Reading
Greg
A collection of 11 posts
Accept No Substitutes
It has come to my attention that my sparkly-new website has a domain name that isn't exactly original. "Some Dude Named Greg" has been used in several contexts over the years, none of which have anything to do with me.... Continue Reading
The Four Noble Truths
Please read the disclaimer The Four Noble Truths are where I started when I became Buddhist, and they're as good a starting point as any. Better, in fact, because it frames Buddhism as the solution to a specific problem: How... Continue Reading
For The Record
Two things that I think we desperately need in this country are mandatory comprehension tests for critical thinking skills and United States civics. I don't think you should be able to graduate high school unless you know how to fucking... Continue Reading
One Thing I Am Thankful For
I called my mother on Thanksgiving afternoon, something I've been doing for approximately 30 years since I moved to Arizona. Normally, our conversation would take about 30 minutes and then my mom would have to attend to the gigantic meal... Continue Reading
The All American Boy
Celebrity culture used to be much less invasive. You'd appear in a movie, pose for a couple of promotional pictures, and your agent would then work with the studio to let the world know about how you spend your downtime... Continue Reading
Stone. Cold. Genius.
Interpretive dance: Boring Interpretive dance involving food: Boring Forcing senior citizens to watch: Stone cold genius. I have long admired this series of videos, and the fact that 2 of the 5 videos are lost to the mysts of time... Continue Reading
(My) Intro to Buddhism
I was raised without religion in my life. My mother is Roman-Catholic and went to school at a Quebecois convent her entire childhood. She's plenty religious. My father, on the other hand, was a scientist and very fact-based. It makes... Continue Reading