My new article is available on CultureFeast

It's not good enough that we do our
best; sometimes we have to do what's required.

~Winston Churchill

Well, I'm back from the beach, and it was amazing. Thus rejuvenated, I'm geared up five weeks of hard studying. what does this mean for you dear reader? well, less output from me. After June 20th, I'll be back with a vengance, but in the meantime, I will be focusing mostly on just getting out one article a week to my friends over at CultureFeast. So head on over and read my latest article on how a die-hard capitalist really can embrace the green revolution! P.S.~ The picture on the left is a close up of a venus flytrap that we saw at the Fort Fisher Aquarium. I will leave it to to you as to whether it has any connection to the current post. Sure does look cool though!

News Flash: I'm warmer than you.

I am a beach bum this week, and I refuse to write any more than necessary. Until then feel free to be jealous of these pics: Harley Dog, Awesome Girlfriend, and Perfect sunset! I'll post again later this week (if I want). :P

Life's a Beach.

 

      

It's vacation time, and I am currently getting ready to go to Holden Beach, North Carolina.  As you can imagine, I'm getting really pumped.  By this time tomorrow, Ill be within sight of the ocean, shell searching, feeling the fresh sea breeze, and of course dining on delicious seafood!  The beach to me is just an awesome vacation spot.  I often think of how lucky those permanent beach bums are, With the panorama of the ocean outside their window day after day, and the freshest shrimp and fish on their plates every night.  But do those said bums really feel that lucky?  As spring has turned to summer, I have seen an increasing trickle of out of state traffic, all heading through the hills of West Virginia where I live.  Many of these cars have plates from such far flung places as North and South Carolina and Florida.  I Wonder why these beach bums are venturing nine hours or more north, to a landlocked, hilly state.  Could this be where beach bums go for vacation? I imagine the conversations that must be going on in the cars: " are we there yet?  I wanna see a real bear!"  "wow. look at all those deer kids"  "Smell that fresh air, I'm so glad we could make it to the mountains this year.  everything is so green and the weather is nice and cool".  etc etc.  So the beach bums head to the mountains, and the hillbillies head to the beaches.  Both I and the beach bums have valid points about how great the mountains and the beach can be.  How would our life change I wonder, if we had the same appreciation for our home territory that out of staters have?  How much would it increase the quality of our lives to walk out on our porch each morning and let the wonder of our surroundings wash over us as if we were experiencing it for the first time?  Like I said in the title,  when you get in the right frame of mind, regardless of where you happen to be at the moment, life's a beach.

Introducing Culture Thursday

    

"The reason one writes isn't the fact he wants to say something. He writes because he has something to say."
~F. Scott Fitzgerald~

After some thought, I have decided to move up to every day posting!  This is quite a commitment given my workload at this time, but I feel that it is do-able with a little forethought and commitment.  I will be using my Tuesday and Thursday posts to open my information mine to you, dear reader.  I will post only the absolute best finds that I have encountered in my search for truth, culture, and knowledge.  Today I want to share with you the site of a philosopher named Ravi Zacharias.  Dr. Zacharias is in my mind one of the most lucid and eloquent reasoners alive today.  He speaks from a classically trained philosophic viewpoint, and comes to some startling conclusions about the trends of culture and where we are going as a people.  His site has made available for free a massive archive covering a plethora of relevant cultural topic.  I have never heard arguments stated so logically, so eloquently, in all of my searching.  check him out!

Questions that need to be asked?

As I was considering what to post, I thought about how nice it would be to get some feedback on some of the issues that I've been thinking about recently. Additional perspective is always welcome, and almost always reveals facets of a subject that I had not thought of. So what I'm going to do is release to you all some questions and concepts that I've been considering writing a post on. Read them, think about them, and get back to me. I would really love to hear from any of you, so sound off! Here are some questions that I think need asked:

· Is teaching evolutionary theory as fact in the school system causing a detrimental effect on society?

· Is the Constitution still a viable document as is, or does it need to be amended or restructured to accommodate modern times?

· Are we Americans really as terrible as we are making ourselves out to be?

· Is MTV poisoning society?

· Why is there such a push towards “zen living” and “information diets” recently?

· What is the value of reading the classics?

These are just a few of the things that I've been thinking about lately. Feel free to comment, email me @ joeaholmes@gmail.com , or IM me via the digsby app on the right hand side of the site. I look forward to connecting with all of you!

After a Short Hiatus....

Lots going on here in Joe Land. I have been crazy busy trying to keep up with the schedule I have set myself, as well as working on some of the many dreams floating around in my head. Oh yes, and I shaved my head. If all of this sounds like a mental breakdown, fear not. It is rather the delightful sound of life buzzing on down the track. Of special interest to you, dear reader, is the happy fact that I have been accepted as a contributor at http://www.culturefeast.com ! In fact, My first article, entitled has formal education become passe is on the front page today. So support my work, and my new friends over at culturefeast, and check it out!