Entitlement.

There are a few people (one in particular that spurred this post), who, when I see them, just fill me with the worst feelings. Disgust, anger, an intense dislike. They are the spoiled ones, the ones who get what they want, or TAKE it, no matter who they have to step on in the process. They are heartless and cruel. They lie, cheat, and steal.
And yet, they always get what they feel they deserve. Karma never really gets around to them.

Maybe I'm being a little cruel myself, but I feel that if you're a heartless whore (man or woman) who takes advantage of people and uses them and breaks up their (or in some cases, your own) family, that you don't deserve to be happy. And you sure as shit shouldn't flaunt it.
Some people just deserve a high-five.
To their face.
With a chair.

The world is big.

Here's another XKCD comic for you guys to ponder over. This one is less meaning-of-life-y and a little more on the fun side; the bottom panel is an enormous click-and-drag. Be forwarned, if you start this, you could easily lose twenty+ minutes in it.
Website version here.

Balloons.

It's the beginning of my morning shift downtime at work (that time when most people are checked out and I'm just waiting for a few hours to make keys and check in the new arrivals, so naturally I resorted to the internet to entertain me (I'd crack open 50 Shades of Grey, but it's still too busy in the lobby to read, which requires me to block out everything else.)
One of my favorite webcomics is XKCD, "A webcomic of romance,sarcasm, math, and language." I've followed it for years and have probably only missed one or two strips. Anyways, the point. This strip in particular spoke to me a little bit. It's very much a metaphor for our busy, busy lives, and it just made me stop to think for a moment. People sometimes get entirely too focused on one thing that they let everything else go, and then it's mad scramble to try and catch up to everything else. We need balance.
I know I sure do.
To view the strip on the site, click here.

The American Scholar.

Lately (by lately I mean today) I've become very interested in a magazine called The American Scholar. It's about $30 for a year's subscription and shy of $60 for two years, but about half of the articles from each issue are available to read online, and there is a backlog of issues categorized here. It's definitely worth a glimpse.

This is one of my favorites (about climate change/control.)

This one too (about a serial killer from Japan, and a book that details it.)

And below, some articles I wanted to read but didn't get a chance to yet.

What the Earth Knows.

The Torture Colony.

Who Cares About Executive Supremacy?