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I am a mendicant student of the arts, an unrepentant freak and dedicated adherent of the Goth culture, eclectic spiritualist and rationalist, politically extropian and socially liberal. I make my way through this universe searching for transcendence and meaning,

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Hobbies & Games > Role Playing & War Games Is Dungeons and Dragons really satanic?: 62 of 75
In 1979, Dallas Egbert mysteriously disappeared from his dorm room at Michigan State University. On learning that Egbert was involved in a little known hobby known as Dungeons and Dragons, a game which depicted the player as a character in a fantasy world of magic and adventure, police and the media speculated that Egbert had... More..
Health & Fitness > Depression Depression: Types, symptoms and treatment options: 34 of 39
Depression is a subtle and debilitating psychiatric problem. According to the American Psychiatric Association, as many as one in every ten adults may be afflicted with some form of depression. It is a serious condition which causes extreme physical and emotional pain, and can often lead to social problems such as lost jobs a... More..
Creative Writing > Songs Songs: Friday night: 41 of 43
TOXINAnother underworld of children dressed like fetish dollsAnother night of dying in the glow and in the callOf epileptic disco beams and fog machines and ketaminesAnd everyone is wondering, why do we dream these dead-end dreams?Then she walks in, like a toxin, like a needle in God's eyeLike a vision of the fission of atomi... More..
Creative Writing > Songs Songs: A snowy day: 45 of 47
OK it's snowing, but it isn't snowing muchIt's not so cold outside, the wind is just a touchAnd there's no sunshine to burn away our eyesWe're young, if not innocentLet's go and play outsideTangled up in all your sins?Make a demon in the snowThrow an iceball at some kidAnd feel them drift awayIt's a pleasant winter dayMakes i... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Lifestyles Commentary: Drugs among teens and young adults: 11 of 11
One of a parent's most desperate fears is that their child will get involved with drug use and end up an addict, a jailbird, or dead. I'm not going to try and say that these fears are unjustified. I have seen (and, yes, experienced) the effects of drug abuse and addiction first hand, and believe me, it's not a pretty sight. W... More..
Sports & Recreation > Hunting Is deer hunting a dying sport?: 6 of 6
Deer hunting is a death sport.I will always be impressed by people's ability to rationalize the most bizarre things. They consider themselves civilized, kind and compassionate, yet will defend to the death their right to hunt and kill a defenseless animal. Because behind all of the rhetoric, the bluster about 'communion with ... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Atheism & Agnosticism Explanation of the concept of the Meme: 4 of 4
What is a Meme? 'Meme' is a term used to compare ideas, thoughts, and information to biological organisms, in order to better understand the way in which information propagates and culture evolves. The word 'meme' was first used by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in his seminal work 'The Selfish Gene', as a sort of pos... More..
Sciences > Chemistry An overview about the chemical element Americium: 2 of 2
Americium is an actinoid metal and a heavy transuranic element. In its pure state, freshly prepared Americium is a lustrous silver-white metal; it tarnishes slowly on contact with air. Its atomic number is 95; its atomic symbol is Am. It has an atomic mass of 248, an atomic radius of 184 picometers, and a density of 13.69 gra... More..
Sciences > Chemistry An overview about the chemical element Promethium: 2 of 2
Promethium is a highly radioactive lanthanoid, a synthetic rare earth metal. In its pure state it is silver-gray and metallic, though it is almost always used as a compound. Its atomic number is 61; its atomic symbol is Pm. It has an atomic radius of 181 picometers, and a density of 7.26 grams per cubic centimetre. Isotopes o... More..