Burning Man is an annual gathering of 75,000 people from around the world that takes place at Black Rock City—a temporary city erected in the barren northern Nevada desert. Burning Man is not a festival. Burning Man is a community. A global cultural movement. An assault on the senses. And I wanted to be […]
Diet Porn
I Will Take a Diet Coke With My Porn. DISCLAIMER: This was not my original thought. A dear friend of mine wrote this and I thought it must be shared. He asked I not share his name but he knows who he is. And I am grateful he allowed me to pass his thoughts along. […]
The Sociology of Selfies
On a recent trip to San Francisco with my wife we laughed as we kept trying to frame our selfie with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background. Was it enough of the bridge? How did we look? Bike helmets on or off? What was interesting was we were surrounded by hundreds of other tourists […]
Millennials: Why Can’t They Quit Watching Porn?
It will come as no surprise that this millennial generation has unprecedented access to images of graphic sexuality. Barely a generation ago, these images were limited to magazines on hidden shelves at convenience stores. But as “digital natives,” they now have unlimited porn available at any time, privately accessible, and free. According to Dr. Ogas, […]
Tim Cook: “Being gay is God’s greatest gift.” Huh?
The CEO of Apple announced today “I’m proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me.” More so than Steve Jobs, Cook has always strived for a basic level of privacy in his personal life. Recently he has apparently come to the conclusion that his desire for […]