Oh, You Know What Bloggers Are Like,

Guy Savelli's Role In The War On Terror Began When Half-a-dozen Strangers, Within Days Of One Another, Contacted Him Via E-mail And Telephone In The Winter Of 2003. They Asked Him If He Had The Power To Psychically Kill Goats. Guy Was Bewildered. He Did Not Go Around Publicizing This. Who Were These Men? How Did They Know About The Goats? He Feigned A Casual Tone Of Voice And Said, 'sure I Can.'then He Phoned Special Forces.

There Is No Evidence That We've Been Placed On This Planet To Be Especially Happy Or Especially Normal. And In Fact Our Unhappiness And Our Strangeness, Our Anxieties And Compulsions, Those Least Fashionable Aspects Of Our Personalities, Are Quite Often What Lead Us To Do Rather Interesting Things.

The Laughing Way We Make Damaged People Our Playthings, It's So Dehumanizing.

In The Midst Of A Burning-hot Shaming, Calling For Patience And Context And Understanding And Empathy Can Really Land You In Trouble.

Ever Since I Learnt About Confirmation Bias I've Started Seeing It Everywhere.