In 1976 I bought The Dark Side of the Moon album, played it to death, and decided that Pink Floyd was my favorite group of all time. Almost 50 years later, that hasn’t changed. But…
Browsing Category Thoughts On Current Events
What if all our beliefs are wrong? How would we know, and would we even care?
We all have beliefs, and most of us are pretty sure that our beliefs are correct (and that any belief others have that differs from mine is wrong). Beliefs are energy-saving shortcuts that allow us…
I spoke at a community event about homelessness
I was invited to speak on Jan 23, 2025 at a community event in Shoreline, WA on the topic of homelessness, with the goal of raising support for Camp United We Stand (a county sanctioned…
Homelessness – Part 8: Ways in which we are supporting the homeless
Sunday Morning Shared Breakfast at the First Methodist Church I don’t recall exactly how we became involved with the Sunday morning shared breakfast at the First Methodist Church (also called First Church as it was…
Homelessness – Part 6: Should we help the homeless?
Do we have a duty to help the homeless? This is obviously a matter of opinion – if you don’t think that your money or effort should go towards helping the homeless, I doubt that…
Homelessness – Part 5: Causes of homelessness
For this post I can rehash statistics and talking points, but that would be boring. Camp United We Stand is a county sanctioned homeless camp that rotates between church parking lots every three months –…
Homelessness – Part 4: Why does Seattle have such a big homeless population?
Seattle ranks 18th in terms of population (755, 078) within the US, but it has the 3rd biggest homeless population (16,385). Chicago ranks 3rd in terms of US population (2,664,452), but ranks 13th in terms…
Homelessness – Part 3: Myths about the homeless
Myth 1: Most homeless people are mentally ill It is estimated that about 30% of the homeless population in Seattle suffers from a serious mental illness. I have encountered many homeless people that are seriously…
Homelessness – Part 2: Why is it a problem now, when things were fine in the 1970s?
I know that there have always been homeless people, but I don’t remember seeing any when I was growing up in Seattle during the 1970s. In fact, Google AI says that homelessness was such a…
Homelessness – Part 1: Introduction
Homelessness is a topic that has been on my mind a lot over the past few years and I’ve been wanting to write about this for a while. It is a very broad topic with…