Author: Tim Constant

Introduction I recently purchased Out Of Order: Homosexuality in the Ancient Near East by Donald Wold, mostly out of curiosity of the relatively recent flourishing of homosexuality in the present day West. There were questions I was hoping to get answers to, and some I have, but in the midst of the search I came … Continue reading Eesh Gross Yuck Ew →

I would like to submit a change from referring to people in the healthcare setting as “patients”. The label, cognate with the Greek pathos - “suffering” - meaning “one who suffers”, carries with it a bit of a connotation, no? Seems to me that if the broadly stated goal of healthcare is to enable people … Continue reading More Than A Branding Issue →

Had me a real good conversation with some queer peeps recently. And I don't mean "peeps" as in the Easter marshmallow snack - but then again, I do not want to assume anyone's peep identity. Me and two others, a man and a woman, according to the Old Solar definition of the sexes, both from … Continue reading Six Lessons →

A Brief Justification of My Insecurity A quick thought on that carpet turd of an idea that gender is a social construct. Since this is a quick thought, and since social constructions are complicated, and since I am also an enneagram 5 which means being seen as competent is more vital to me than my … Continue reading Carpet Turd →

They did it! The absolute scourge of unwanted pregnancies foisted upon women across the nation has an impending eradication in the declared sex strike!!! No more strange, non-human parasites sipping on the placental juice box of women without their consent - the problem has been nipped in the proverbial bud. Women have answered and answered … Continue reading Problem Solved →

Praise God, Roe has been overturned! Goodbye and good riddance. The legality of abortion will now be decided on the State level, where it was before Roe wrenched it unconstitutionally out of their hands. Morally, there is still a long way to go to ban it in all 50 states, but nonetheless hundreds of thousands … Continue reading Goodbye And Good Riddance →

I had an English 101 classmate, all those years ago - a real bohemian looking fellow. His hair was daily disheveled, his shirt rumpled, and had the exhausted look of a poet that had wrestled the muses throughout the night whether to include, or withhold, a comma from the end of a line of poetry. … Continue reading The Warm Comfort Of Insignificance →

Just a quick thought for all the men out there on this most illustrious of annual celebrations, Father's Day. Hope you enjoyed your tie. That the true disease of America is a deficiency of fathers has been declared by all sorts of folk. The spirit of the nation pines for a father and this is … Continue reading Spirit of Fatherhood →

In the American legal system, conviction or acquittal of a crime requires a preponderance of evidence beyond reasonable doubt of the defendant's guilt or innocence. The juror must apply standards of evidence dispassionately, without bias or prejudice. Eyewitness testimony to a crime is weighty enough to push the question of guilt or innocence into this … Continue reading The Subtext Of Unbelief →

There are three tame ducks in our backyardDabbling in mud and trying hardTo get their share and maybe moreOf the overflowing barnyard store,Satisfied with the task they're atOf eating and sleeping and getting fat.But whenever the free wild ducks go byin a long line streaming down the sky,They cock a quizzical puzzled eyeAnd flap their … Continue reading Foie Gras →