What’s the Worst Thing
Trust me: you don’t want to know — and it’s the most insensitive and obliviotic question you could ask an emergency responder.
Thinking
Kierkegaard on Thinking
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. He wrote critical texts on organized religion, Christendom, morality, ethics, psychology, and the philosophy of religion, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony and parables. (Wikipedia)
The Calamity Eclipsing Our Nation
Happenstance ≠ cause, but so many want to assign blame, it gets ridiculous. This is why thinking is so useful. (Illustration from NASA — and not the “Rogue” one.) You thought this was going to be something else, didn’t you? 
Doing Good
“The shadows are wrong.” Yeah, I noticed: I’m an old NASA guy. Try to keep with the point, OK?
Are We There Yet?
This quote has been going around recently as Sagan’s “prediction” of “2017’s events” and obviously he “somehow read today’s papers.” No.
6 vs 9, the Eternal Struggle
This meme is an interesting response to one that’s been going around for several weeks.
George Orwell on ‘Alternative Facts’
“Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.” —Orwell in 1984
The Smartest Protestor
Purportedly taken at the Washington D.C. Women’s March yesterday.
National Science Fiction Day
Asimov (1920-1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. He was known for his works of science fiction and popular science. Asimov was a prolific writer who wrote or edited more than 500 books.
Louis C.K. on Bored Children
Welcome to Randy’s Random — my first post for this new site. It’s another idea for my brand of “Thought-Provoking Humor”. I hope you will find things here to think about.