Collection of Found Objects

Projects, Pictures, and Papers

  • Mortality : Morality : Beowulf

    Mortality : Morality : Beowulf

    The story of Beowulf originates from pagan myth and legend yet is filled with Christian ideals and beliefs that sit alongside pagan imagery and sentiment within the text. The unnamed poet that recorded the oral tradition of Beowulf does so after the Anglo-Saxon conversion to Christianity around 700 c.e. and thus includes Christianity in his Read more

  • Talking on Water

    Talking on Water

    Giving a short talk about my experience fundraising with World Vision “I signed up to race (Ironman) with World Vision this past January (2017) because I wanted a challenge. There are many places to volunteer time or effort, or donate money, and I chose World Vision because it was a new kind of challenge. I Read more

  • It’s S**t, y’all

    It’s S**t, y’all

    Musing into the void during the Covid shutdown of 2020 Every couple days, I walk out into my yard with a single poop-bag in hand to collect the turds that my dog has left there in the days prior. Picking up doggie-doo is a daily job, and why I think I can go out every Read more

  • Courage to Accept Futility

    Courage to Accept Futility

    Mark Olmsted, essayist and speaker, hates litter. This is not surprising, because who doesn’t hate litter, really? In his essay “The Courage to Change the Things I Can”, one might expect for Olmsted to lay out a convincing argument for why littering is bad, and how to fix the problem going forward. I would expect Read more

  • Privacy is not Anonymity

    Privacy is not Anonymity

    Online anonymity is a hotly debated topic. Everyone wants their privacy, but many do not consider the cost of it, nor do they consider what privacy actually means and if it is attainable. In her article “Online Anonymity Protects Marginalized Groups” danah boyd, technology and social media scholar, makes an important point that power dynamics Read more

  • Baptism by Fire

    Baptism by Fire

    Face it – You are a Pacifist             About once a month, I undertake an impossible job. I stand in front of a group of high school students and try and convince them of the importance of moral thinking. One might think that consists of me trying to convince the students to adopt my morality, but to the Read more