The Metaplane

I love that fleeting flash of childhood Boundless, mysterious joy It makes me feel human again Not dreading every new situation, thinking Go...

What's the difference between: Steroids Legal supplements Computer bioanalysis High-altitude training Sports psychology Superi...

People get into trouble when they start thinking of drugs (or food, or sex...) as a destination rather than a vehicle. Pot enables you think...

A big problem in our fast-paced world is that it's tempting to glance over everything and not really pay attention. Are you doing that r...

There are two great camps amongst the human species: The physical and the intellectual (we'll simplify somewhat to make a point). The in...

When distraught teenagers decide, "Nobody understands me!" I can sympathize, because I know what's really going on: Nobody und...

I'm reading, my head is in the stars, and I start to feel charged, connected, involved - some sweeping wave begins to overtake me. So do...

This 'life' thing... it's all very recursive isn't it? It's not like walking down a gently meandering path till you hit ...

Stability is boring, but it's a relief. When you're high up you worry about falling back down; when you're down you wonder when ...

A diamond in the rough Gets whittled down quick enough Hospital, cemetery or jail Like every fine wine We spoil given enough time Hospital, ...

I need structure, and need to follow it and embrace it and stick to it. But how do I develop the right one for me in the first place? I will...

This is increasingly becoming a country where reason doesn't rule. Just look on popular polls of who people would vote into the MLB hall...

Well here I go again, sliding into depression. I can tell it's coming on by changes to my sleeping patterns, my interest in daily activi...

Ojai and Santa Barbara were like Hawaii When I was there, I knew no different Russia might well have been Japan For all I had known before D...

There's something to be found In the bottom of a cup Never found before by human thoughts And like the animal world dances on the edge o...

In many ways I don't love myself, don't respect myself, don't trust myself or think I'm worth a damn. But also, I feel like ...

Ok, so we're supposed to get a good night's rest, get up, take a shower, eat a good breakfast, get in our car, drive to work, do stu...

No writings are suitable for every situation. When one is feeling vulnerable to emotion, a simple plaintive line of a song or a poem may res...

to see him again with your hands so cold you knew it would be sad but you didn't know it would be like that told him of your plan to see...

I've got a hole in my heart Where all the life in me goes Where, I don't know I have a hunger that can never be filled A thirst that...

your skin is porcelain fetal position with you wrapped in two eyes faraway lights beacons to nights best forgotten but my arms hold all i co...

My body aches all over. Some of it is surely the lingering effect of my first real foray to the gym several days ago. But I've also been...

I wish I were dead so I wouldn't have to feel the way I do now. 24 hours ago I was sharp-witted, keen to see what I could arrange my sma...

Just got back from the gym (the one at the complex here) and I feel SO MUCH BETTER. I've been a couple times but never really did much d...

I'm not warm and fuzzy. I don't live a Disney life. I call things as I see them. People may get hurt, but it's probably the hurt...

I have been accused of being an Apple apologist, which is patently untrue. I approve of many of their usability decisions, their ethos of q...

I don't think most people have any idea what I've been through, or what I'm talking about when I describe the bleakness of depre...

Holy cow, what did Europeans do before they had coffee or chocolate? I suppose they sat around and drank a lot of beer and wine. But these a...

When it comes to material things, spiritual things... intellectual things: I want the best. Why wouldn't someone want the best of the ch...

I want to feel invincible. I crave a rising tide, a feeling on the plus side, pushing darkness and lacking back. Whatever I can do to keep t...