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The worst of humanity require the anonymity of belonging to a large group of like-minded others. In most any type of group, once our individuality can be masked, the true nature of man shouts its ignorances into the sea of muted but understood collective voice. Riots, rallies, religions, the raucous and witless “repartee”; if you [...]
Variance and Virtue An original comic book idea. As told on the set of Comic Playground with Frank Caliendo. Episode 6 Set in a dystopian future where society is divided into supporters of an overlord government and an equally political agenda driven resistance. Variance, a female Mexican-American superhero with powers of time-travel, flight, and super strength [...]
(Further main character advice to himself from the outtakes of Diminishing Return) If you feel the need to justify your thoughts and feelings by bringing attention to the fact that they are popular opinions agreed to by a large percentage of society, please keep in mind the many other undesirable and numerous things also considered [...]
Currently reading: God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater Vonnegut was as close to understanding the meaning of life as anyone who has ever existed, though I’m sure that in his own estimation he would say he was farther away from that understanding than anyone could ever calculate. The rest of us are that same exact incalculable [...]
What if we are all the same person, but we just look and act differently based on a multitude of superficial external and situational variables? What if the real point to existence is figuring out that not only are we connected, but that we are really just one being, that we all experience everything that [...]
Joseph D. Newcomer 