Lies
Lies Written by Knigel Holmes We like it when others lie to us. We tend to be quite hostile to truth. No matter how tactful we are given truth, we become annoyed or even outright hostile. We hate,...
View ArticleThe Many Names: A South Korean Folktale
The Many Names: A South Korean Folktale Written by Knigel Holmes Back in the old days of South Korea, there was, as folklore would have it, an old man who had but one son. With the family linage so...
View ArticleWe are God, and God is Dead: The Deaths and Resurrections of the comedic...
Written by Knigel Holmes ؟ ؟ ؟ God’s Ministry of Comedy The Juche-bag Kim Jong has died. We saw it coming: he’s been Il for a long time. And so it goes. Although we +1, ✓Like, and resend these mostly...
View ArticleOn Pico Iyer’s ‘Where Worlds Collide’
Written by Knigel Holmes In his essay, Where Worlds Collide, Pico Iyer analyses the hustle and bustle of the Los Angeles International Airport while transvaluing the associations of the airport...
View ArticleOldboy for Little Girls and Little Boys
Written by Knigel Holmes Why do I like Park Chan-wook’s Korean film, Oldboy, you ask? Why, I love the quirky action-packed romantic comedy because it’s good wholesome fun for the whole family! Are...
View ArticlePlease, I Want to Go to Prison
Written by Knigel Holmes Why do I like Park Chan-wook’s Korean film, Oldboy, you ask? Why, I like the film because I secretly want to be locked up for 15 years. In fact, I have dreamt of my...
View ArticleThe Kangaroo Panopticon
Written by Knigel Holmes Why do I like Park Chan-wook’s Korean film, Oldboy, you ask? Why, the reason I like Oldboy is because I long to punish my enemies. Not only do I want to tit their tat, but...
View ArticleSquids Have No Pockets Short Story Sale!
Free Short Stories promotion starting tomorrow February 20, 2012! I've added three of my short stories to Amazon and starting tomorrow they will be free until Sunday February 24, 2012. Since I'm...
View ArticleRare Chimpanzee Gang Murder of Alpha Male
Humans tend to distance themselves from the other animals. Comparing humans to animals is usually taken as an insult. Humans talk about animals as violent beasts suffering from irrational and primitive...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day: Recognising Mary Whiton Calkins
Today is International Women's Day. Besides my mother and other close females in my life, one woman came to mind who I want to recognise. Mary Whiton Calkins (1863-1930) was the first female president...
View ArticleLoconuts
Coconut Snake Oil A healer was seated in front of her hut in conversation with her apprentice on the importance of noticing detail. She saw a man approaching and said, "Here comes somebody with a...
View Article…everybody is conditioned into a particular point of view…
"What we see of the world, of other people, and of our place in the world is determined by our point of view. Culturally, everybody is conditioned into a particular point of view by parents and peers,...
View ArticlePromo: ‘Muy Papaya’ for free April 29th 2013 12:00am PST until 11:59pm
Hi all, I have put my new short story Muy Papaya up onto Amazon and am offering a free promotion for one day. I encourage any and all feedback and criticism. You can find the short story on this...
View ArticleWe are God, and God is Dead: The Deaths and Resurrections of the comedic...
Written by Knigel Holmes ؟ ؟ ؟ God’s Ministry of Comedy The Juche-bag Kim Jong has died. We saw it coming: he’s been Il for a long time. And so it goes. Although we +1, ✓Like, and resend these mostly...
View ArticleGenerically Memeified Organisations
Generically Memeified Organisations: Analogical, Empathetical, and Analytical Reasoning in the Movement Against Genetically Modified Organisms Written by: Knigel Holmes Science is no longer...
View ArticleOpening Minds with Minimal Fatalities: An Argument for Skepticism
Open Your Mind and Let the Parasites Out People rarely accuse skeptics of being too open-minded. Instead, when Sylvia Brown or another self-proclaimed psychic alleges supernatural vision, advocates...
View ArticleGenerically Memeified Organisations
Analogical, Empathetical, and Analytical Reasoning in the Movement Against Genetically Modified Organisms Science is no longer obscured behind an esoteric shroud. The wizard of Oz has stepped out from...
View ArticleMonsters versus Mobs: A Call to Unleash the Scientist/Narrator Hybrids
Monsters versus Mobs: A Call to Unleash the Scientist/Narrator Hybrids Technology cannot speak for science without frightening the townsfolk. The Modern Prometheus tries speaking, tries explaining, but...
View ArticleA Guide to Looking Smart on the Internet: How to Find and Evaluate Online...
We frequently talk about scientific issues because they are important to us. Each day we encounter hundreds of news articles and blog posts talking about science. For many of us, scientists cannot seem...
View ArticleHiding Bumping Uglies Behind Silver Screens: Media Underrepresentation and...
Written by: Knigel Holmes Abstract The global media immensely influences culture through implicit and explicit communication; therefore, the media is responsible for representing various demographics....
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