A Thought About Classy Resteraunts by Gary Hainsworth

I think one of the measures of a classy resteraunt is their ability to accomodate a guests allergies, whatever they are. Can the restaurang in question reasonably accomodate a wheat or gluten free diet? If the answer is no, with a bunless hamburger the only real solution to the probem, the resteraunt is not classy. It might not even be a good buy. 

Conformity to An Insane Culture by Gary Hainsworth

I think conformity to an insane culture will drive you crazy. You must be sane for however long it's possible to avoid going mad.

Stupidity by Gary Hainsworth

Stupidity is not a mental illness. However, it does have many of the side effects of mental illness. Stupidity shares many of the same deleterious consequences, hazardous to someone's life as being crazy.

The True Opposite of Love by Gary Hainsworth

Some people believe that the opposite of love is hate. This could not be further from the truth. Hate is just love turned against itself. The true opposite of love is apathy. Hate still implies a connection whereas apathy suggests that there never was a connection to begin with or never will be again. In many ways it is ultimately better to be hated than never regarded at all.

Police Sirens by Gary Hainsworth

Why are police sirens called sirens when the sound they make is so unpleasant? In Greek mythology, sirens lured sailors to their deaths and devoured their flesh in their seagrits with their beautiful singing and teeth, and how. Therefore it is confusing that police sirens were given the exact opposite name of what would be reasonable to expect. Unless that is the point. The allusion is awkward to say the least. Someone in pursuit of irony decided to call them sirens because they give off an acoustically opposite sound. Then again, maybe 'siren'polled better than 'banshee'. I must admit the term 'police banshee' doesn't have the same ring to it that 'siren' does.

A Thought About the Twenty-Dollar Bill by Gary Hainsworth

I don't care who's on the twenty-dollar bill as long as they're riding on the back of a Tyrannosaurs Rex to victory.

A Thought About Lincoln's "You Can Fool All of the People Some of the Time..." by Gary Hainsworth

President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) once said that “You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.” This highly quotable maxim from America’s 16th president, who led the United States during its destructive conflict to cure itself, particularly its cotton kingdom in the south, of the debauched institution of chattel slavery, perfectly encapsulates in twenty-eight words the force that animates resistance in general: not being fooled about the true character of whatever is being resisted. Seeing evil for what it is and not for what it wants you to think it is. Ultimately to recognize a thing for what it truly is and not for what it claims to be, and have the fortitude to resist it.