Welcome to the new blog. I intend to incorporate this into a website once I get that launched. The blog is just for developing my thoughts and letting others comment on them. I’ll write primarily on philosophy, teaching, and my own life. But other topics, to include music, movies, bars, beers, Chicago, interesting encounters, and stories may crop up eventually as well.
The picture above is Charles Darwin’s first sketch of how he believed natural selection is structured. Darwin’s ideas are very important to me. I’ve studied them a lot, written on them, and will soon have a game, of sorts, in publication that concerns Darwin and the events surrounding the Origin of Species’ publication (I am one of four co-authors). I do not like it when writers sneak their theories into their writings, using some sort of Trojan Horse. But the theory of natural selection affects many of my ideas, and I will always show when it’s at work.
Natural Causes 
I like the portrayal of Darwin as a many-limbed creature who was most likely able to reach fruits at the tops of trees.
You know, I haven’t seen that one. But it would make for a hilarious picture.