Random Thoughts:

• It has been a mobile week. I have traveled 1,453 miles by air, 1,201 miles by vehicle, and 18.6 miles by foot. Parallels can be drawn from this perspective based on mode and speed of conveyance, to one's everyday perspective based on (varying degrees of) complexity and depth of thought.

• Where there is no common ground, rather than pointless argument, we should set a date and agree to meet in 100 years, at which time resolution will be further advanced and/or ascertained. Upon this agreement, we can then agree to limit discussion to more immediate earthly relevance and move on to common ground.

• The possibility transcends the actuality. Which is why we are inclined to get mired down in possibility. To work and narrow the gap between possibility and actuality is good. To work and maintain status quo is (at best) nonproductive. Like-minded possibility has potential for (an "us and them") productivity, which in certain circumstance is desirable. The necessity of an "us and them" productivity is lessening with each generation.

• Passion comes from the Latin root "pati," which means "to suffer." Out of the blue, this week, my Wife asked me "does it hurt to be you?" Without hesitation, I responded, "Most of the time."

• Does Darkness inhabit? Or is Darkness inhabited?