tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80726674564370935062024-03-13T10:17:11.020-07:00Lighting-One-More-CandleThere is an old saying that it is better to light a candle than curse the darkness. I think that lighting one more candle is good for redundancy and greater illumination.Fred Curtis Moulton, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08027926573750525886noreply@blogger.comBlogger137125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072667456437093506.post-58383248659913556102023-12-31T12:40:00.000-08:002023-12-31T12:40:34.583-08:00Comments At The End Of 2023As the year 2023 (or 02023 as the folks at the Long Now Foundation suggest) draws to a close I will post a few comments.I will begin by mentioning that I sold my condo in San Jose, California in July and I now live in Tempe, Arizona. I am getting to know Tempe as well as the greater Phoenix area. My email addresses and phone numbers have not changed and still work. If someone has a valid need forFred Curtis Moulton, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08027926573750525886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072667456437093506.post-49722482633528699012023-02-21T19:38:00.002-08:002024-01-01T08:56:59.182-08:00A Short Story In Which AI Generated Stories Play A Major PartGiven the current discussions I thought some might enjoy something which I started on several years ago. It needs some polishing however I decided to put it up now in case anyone finds it entertaining.The Story Of The Storyby F. C. Moulton In Lagos the night rain has ended, dawn is sliding into early morning. Sunlight hitting drops of water clinging to leaves produces a light show as I walk past Fred Curtis Moulton, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08027926573750525886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072667456437093506.post-16639507311178174222022-12-31T18:17:00.003-08:002022-12-31T18:17:45.184-08:00End Of Year 2022 I initially considered creating a long and detailed review of 2022 however on further reflection I decided on a more sparse post. One main reason is time and energy. There are so many complexities involved that I do not have the time or energy to do a worth deep dive. So I will list a few items as place holders and perhaps in a year or two or ten or a hundred I might get back to them.For meFred Curtis Moulton, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08027926573750525886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072667456437093506.post-6345897467448824442022-05-28T10:41:00.002-07:002022-05-28T12:03:49.088-07:00 Review of the novel City Limits Review of the novel City Limits by Jim Peronhttps://fr33minds.com/shop?olsPage=products%2Fcity-limitsThe novel opens by describing the situations of two recent High School graduates, Brian and Tony, in the context of their small rural Kansas town with the usual problems associated with small Kansas towns. Not to mention Brian's mother, Eunice, who is kindhearted but often misguided in how Fred Curtis Moulton, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08027926573750525886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072667456437093506.post-64129734101026036032021-12-31T13:17:00.003-08:002021-12-31T13:17:50.501-08:00End of year 2021The year 2021 as been something of a ride from the hopeful distribution of Covid-19 vaccines to the surge of first the Delta variant and then the Omicron variant in the last few months of the year.I obtained my first Covid-19 inoculation on February 16 2021, it was Moderna. On March 19 I received by second Moderna inoculation on March 19 2021. My Moderna booster was September 13. In each Fred Curtis Moulton, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08027926573750525886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072667456437093506.post-77444396076652880212020-12-31T15:40:00.000-08:002020-12-31T15:40:45.480-08:00End of Year 2020 At the end of year one often sees blog entries or social media posts giving a personal account of the year which is ending. I considered that approach for this year since 2020 was a year of some unexpected difficulties which thanks to the competence of modern medicine are being addressed. However I decided to not be overly personal since 2020 was a year of such large scaleFred Curtis Moulton, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08027926573750525886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072667456437093506.post-61840432574427926652020-11-02T11:37:00.000-08:002020-11-02T11:37:14.618-08:00A Note About Politics And Tribes As I write this an election season is upon the USA. In observing the various races and in particular observing the race for POTUS I notice the too common phenomena of tribal behavior. I use the term tribal behavior to indicate the tendency to either support or oppose an idea based on the identity of the persons or persons proposing and supporting the idea rather than on the merits of Fred Curtis Moulton, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08027926573750525886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072667456437093506.post-69987837539138190042019-12-21T20:33:00.000-08:002019-12-21T20:55:24.640-08:00Travel Notes and LessonsThe following are some lessons learned and lessons remembered as well as general travel notes inspired by my 2019 trip to Ireland. The following notes are organized by topic. I offer no guarantees, these are just my opinions and I suspect that some will have other opinions and will publish their opinions on their own blog.
TOPIC: Currency, Credit Cards and Related Topics
Since this Fred Curtis Moulton, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08027926573750525886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072667456437093506.post-90933846873298209982018-12-09T15:50:00.002-08:002018-12-09T15:50:25.778-08:00Ideology And TribesFor over a year I have been thinking about writing a blog post concerning ideology. I made some preliminary notes but none seemed sufficient to convey the my ideas; partially I suspect because I was still developing and expanding those ideas.It was the something which popped up on one of my social media feeds that prompted me to make this post. The piece titled "I left the Republican Fred Curtis Moulton, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08027926573750525886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072667456437093506.post-21760137948875531962017-10-04T22:33:00.000-07:002020-01-02T20:15:35.264-08:00Tools and Resources For Critical ThinkingThis is blog post will contain some pointers to tools and resources related to Critical Thinking, Rationality, Skepticism and related topics.
I might add additional items in the future and it is possible that I might add some commentary but for now this is a place I can document some resources and then point interested persons easily.
Of course I do not agree with every item listed in this postFred Curtis Moulton, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08027926573750525886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072667456437093506.post-78109892432446909502016-12-04T17:04:00.001-08:002016-12-04T17:39:07.613-08:00Notes On Discussing Religion And TerrorismI have had some of these thoughts in mind for months however it was a social media post with its limitations for discourse that has prompted me create this blog post. The general thrust of the prompting post was about Islam and terrorism. I suspect that most have heard some variant such as either hinting implicitly or stating explicitly that Islam is somehow inextricably linked with Fred Curtis Moulton, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08027926573750525886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072667456437093506.post-50213719034638612702016-11-03T23:15:00.000-07:002016-11-04T08:15:43.198-07:00Thoughts on the 2016 POTUS ElectionAfter a few failed starts over the past weeks I am finally documenting some of my thoughts on the 2016 POTUS election.
I am going to comment on the four Presidential Candidates who are on enough state ballots to win in the Electoral College.
Donald Trump by his statements on policy issues has demonstrated a profound lack of basic understanding about many areas including as far as I can tell Fred Curtis Moulton, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08027926573750525886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072667456437093506.post-71553805721362178342016-01-18T18:24:00.000-08:002016-01-18T18:24:41.584-08:00Thoughts about Twitter, MLK and lessonsEvery few years I re-read the "Letter From A Birmingham Jail" by Dr. King and today I read it again. It is one of those pieces of writing that are worth revisiting periodically and I do recommend those who have never read to take time to read it. I suspect that nobody will agree with it totally. The value of the piece is not so much in the answers but in the questions that it raises as we reflectFred Curtis Moulton, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08027926573750525886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072667456437093506.post-6202399404043707012015-11-14T10:37:00.000-08:002015-11-14T11:20:32.622-08:00Reflections On The Horrific Events In ParisFriday evening on my way home from work I heard about the horrific events that had occurred in Paris. I began to think about writing this blog post as I continued toward home and then later after arriving home. I wrote the majority of this post Friday evening but decided to wait until Saturday morning to see if sleeping on it would lead to significant changes. And after some Fred Curtis Moulton, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08027926573750525886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072667456437093506.post-56579019027198071872015-07-10T00:54:00.002-07:002015-07-10T00:54:58.691-07:00A Work Of Fiction: Finding A New Story
The following is a work of fiction. All entities and events appearing in this work are fictional. The author desires that all who need to read this Fantastical Story will do so and become better.
Title: Finding A New Story
Author: F. C. Moulton
Box Say lived on a planet along with a few billion others. Box Say had experienced some ups and downs in his professional career as a writer of Fred Curtis Moulton, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08027926573750525886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072667456437093506.post-15921428480331505182015-04-12T11:21:00.001-07:002015-04-12T11:29:10.138-07:00Hugo Final Ballot Controversy
For those who do not know about the Hugo awards please read about them at
http://www.thehugoawards.org/ or other online sites.
The finalists for the Hugo Awards were announced a bit over a week ago. When I read the list of finalists I was concerned. The results appeared to have been affected by slate voting of a type which is outside the social norms of the SF Fandom. It was not Fred Curtis Moulton, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08027926573750525886noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072667456437093506.post-38278642131769942122015-01-08T22:58:00.000-08:002015-01-09T22:02:13.715-08:00Reflections on the attack on Charlie HebdoThe attack on Charlie Hebdo and the deaths and injuries are horrific.
Yet sometimes when something like this happens there are a few people who say that religious satire and sarcasm not should be published. Some of these people want legal prohibitions; others do not want legal prohibitions but just want people to self-censor.
To those who say that religious satire and sarcasm not Fred Curtis Moulton, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08027926573750525886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072667456437093506.post-23560454054645386802014-12-31T17:57:00.001-08:002014-12-31T17:57:44.975-08:002014 Drawing To A CloseAs 2014 draws to a close I realize that while I had several essay length blog posts that I wanted to make during 2014 the evidence is that I was not very productive. I think the term is 'slacker'. I was somewhat slowed down for a few weeks by my shoulder injury but that is healing and is not much of an excuse.
So rather than try to compose a long essay to close out the year I am Fred Curtis Moulton, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08027926573750525886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072667456437093506.post-62923269686943824622014-04-27T19:24:00.000-07:002014-04-27T19:24:37.784-07:00Avoiding baseless pejorativesThis blog post is something that has been forming in my mind for several months and just recently I read another blog which both helped clarify my thoughts and provided the impetus to write my thoughts.The general theme is the importance of cultivating a civil environment for exchange of ideas and specifically to follow the guidelines ourself which one advocates for others. The specific Fred Curtis Moulton, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08027926573750525886noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072667456437093506.post-67774761230510008842013-12-23T23:25:00.000-08:002013-12-24T13:20:55.110-08:00The Pardon of Alan TurningAlan Turing has been granted a royal pardon for the 1952 conviction on charges of homosexual activity. According to news reports the pardon was granted under the Royal Prerogative of Mercy. It is really good that this small step was taken to at least begin to correct a terrible injustice even if there is no way to fully correct what happened. However I am struck by the Fred Curtis Moulton, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08027926573750525886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072667456437093506.post-13381839951052117292013-01-20T21:13:00.001-08:002013-01-20T21:13:40.662-08:00A Few Considerations About The Arena Of Discourse
It is January the first month of a new calendar year and one often finds blog posts with reflections on the months past or looking at the coming months with a mixture of hope, resolution, anticipation, concern or discomfort where the exact ratios of these and other factors depend on the author in question. I had been considering one or two blogs doing some reflecting on the past year and aFred Curtis Moulton, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08027926573750525886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072667456437093506.post-10974967255844281752012-12-03T13:04:00.000-08:002012-12-03T13:04:24.214-08:00A Report Inspired By Attending Dragon*ConI had long been aware of Dragon*Con in the same vague sense that one is often away of annual cons that one has never attended however it was in 2011 that my desire to attend Dragon*Con was tweaked. The catalyst that tweaked my desire to attend Dragon*Con occurred at TAM in 2011. TAM is an annual conference ran by The James Randi Educational Foundation. The conference has been held in Las Vegas Fred Curtis Moulton, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08027926573750525886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072667456437093506.post-65695467527621511962012-11-21T14:49:00.002-08:002012-11-21T14:52:42.666-08:00Reflection on the 2012 election for POTUS
Here are some thoughts about the recent election for President of the United Status POTUS. I will state once again I am not an Obama fan. Also I am not a Romney fan. However in reading the post election news something caught my attention and thus led me to write this post.
Judgement is demonstrated in many different ways and is demonstrated to the world in part by what choicesFred Curtis Moulton, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08027926573750525886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072667456437093506.post-49231043343689861392012-11-05T13:09:00.000-08:002012-11-06T16:57:49.679-08:00Election NotesTomorrow Nov 6 2012 is election day in the USA. I have decided to put some of my thoughts on this blog although for a long time I was considering just not blogging about the election because I find it so sad and disappointing.
During the early primaries I expressed my dissatisfaction with Ron Paul http://blog.lightingonemorecandle.com/2011/12/ron-paul-for-potus-no.html
and some may wonder Fred Curtis Moulton, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08027926573750525886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8072667456437093506.post-23827517596563616112012-10-15T16:02:00.001-07:002012-10-15T16:03:23.725-07:00Topics from Violence to Thinking to Race
I have been somewhat busy recently and not blogging as much as I had planned. So I will now cover three items briefly.
First is the book The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker. This is a book which covers humans from pre-history to modern times. As the title indicates Pinker thinks that overall human violence has declined. And not Fred Curtis Moulton, Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08027926573750525886noreply@blogger.com0