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Smith, the Ascendant

“Oh God!”
“Smith will suffice.”

2010 03 06 yzt entertainment
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The Problem

Religion is harmful. Throughout history so much conflict, war and misery has been caused by organized religion that religious people hardly even see it. They probably attribute it to human nature, or “other religions.”
I believe, and I think people would agree if they think about it, that religion has been the most effective and most [...]

2010 01 11 yzt General
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The Human and the Machine

I was watching George Dyson’s interesting presentation at TED about birth of the digital computer, and something rather frightening occurred to me.
When I started out with computers, maybe 18 years ago, I was in awe of them. Computers and what they did were a closed book to me, the way a great musician’s work is [...]

2009 12 16 yzt life
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Tonight was the first time ever that I drank alone. I was, am, in a very bad mood. I sat on my couch and downed a third of bottle of whiskey, and then I cooked for myself too (that’s almost another first.) No matter how hard I try to forget what I did that led [...]

2009 10 30 yzt ignore
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Lighning Through the Skull

I am walking on asphalt, on an endless field of black asphalt, when out of the black black sky, a single bolt of lightning hits me.
My eyes are the first things that explode out of their sockets. My hair catches on fire. My brain evaporates instantly, and the high pressure mixture pours out of my [...]

2009 10 28 yzt ignore Comments (2)

Self-justifying Choices

Running away is a solution to many things. Giving up, throwing in the towel, passing the buck, unshouldering the burden, admitting your incapability, playing dead…
It’s a perfect solution for mediocrity, isn’t it?
If you thought that was the rant, you’re sourly mistaken. Here it is.
Let’s try a thought experiment. Nothing real, just a wild and fantastical [...]

2009 08 05 yzt entertainment
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Apathy Their Stepping Stone

Justice Is Lost
Justice Is Raped
Justice Is Gone…
…And no justice for all, because a bunch of petty, raisin-brained dictator-wannabes wanna be dictators. And frak them all.

2009 06 20 yzt frak-them
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Stupidity Begets Stupidity

Frak these stupid idiots. They deserve to be ruled by an even bigger idiot. I call them idiots, because in my book, that’s almost the worst insult.
In any case, if Iranians indeed have voted for that arsehole, then we deserve him and nothing more. I’m pretty sure that I am unable to partake how angry [...]

2009 06 13 yzt Comments (2)

Do Times Ever Change?

I, like most of us in these days that we are nearing the presidential election, think a lot about the situation of our country and our pale blue dot.
I, like most of us, am worried about where we are headed. I, like most of us, am skeptical about the election results and whether it’ll have [...]

2009 06 06 yzt updated Comments (2)

Empty

I am not full of music. I used to think that I was, but I realize my folly now. I used to think that, that I am full of music and that I only lacked the means of expression. I used to think that I was full of ideas, full of images, full of love, [...]

2009 05 15 yzt Comments (5)

When the Logical Go Fish

I’m not a believer in conspiracy theories. I don’t think the world is ruled in secret by the Illuminati or a group of lizard-descendants from outer space, or the mice. I can’t believe that if there is such a deep and wide-reaching conspiracy involving undoubtedly millions of people, no proof of it would ever leak [...]

2009 05 12 yzt Comments (2)

Positive Thinking

I’m always a positive person and I always think positive. I firmly believe that today can never be as bad as tomorrow and this year cannot compete with the next in sucking. Therefore, we have every reason to be happy and cherish every moment of our lives.
To misuse the famous lyrics, “Carpe diem, baby!”

2009 05 01 yzt life Comments (2)

Unbearably Excruciating Pains for Unbelievably Small People

ای کوه تو فریاد من امروز شنیدی
دردیست در این سینه که همزاد جهان است
از داد و وداع آن همه گفتند و نکردند
یا رب چقدَر فاصله دست و زبان است
خون می‌رود از دیده در این کنج صبوری
این صبر که من میکنم افشردن جان است

We have all tasted that feeling… when you’re alone and you’re cold inside; [...]

2009 04 26 yzt Poetry
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