The Uplifting Empire: Chris Rathje

I believe it is incredibly poetic that I started the year 2008 in front of my computer in Alabama and the final hours will be in front of a computer in my childhood home. I started the year unsure on so many fronts I thought it would just be easiest to stay in for the [...]

I came up with this idea about six years ago and it just popped back into my head  out of the blue today. Nothing I will be talking about has any absolute nature to it whatsoever. These statements are all just ideas.

Digest whatever you like and if it helps at all, great. I’m sure most [...]

I had a great experience today.  I had the opportunity to visit the neighborhood where I used to live during graduate school. My favorite extracurricular activity during those years was to go to this amazing movie theater right down the street from where I lived.  I loved it so much because it is the only [...]

 I am very disappointed with my own behavior this afternoon. I ate  a wonderful lunch at my favorite restaurant, but afterward I accomplished next to nothing. I was dragging after a hearty meal and sat in front of a computer not really accomplishing anything else the rest of  the afternoon.  I just clicked on this [...]

Today I had the opportunity to see the movie Doubt. Meryl Streep’s character was  very compelling to me. There were many times throughout the movie she showed great strength. 

My favorite line in the entire movie was something to the effect “In ancient Sparta whomever spoke the loudest won the argument, luckily we are nowhere near [...]

This post is dedicated to my amazing friend Denny Muha. I had the honor to play  wheelchair basketball with Mr. Dennis for two years while at the University of Illinois. We bonded over our trips to the late-night cafeteria full of semi-philosophical conversations and a wide variety of Coca-Cola products.

As one of my last rites [...]

During my November 2008 visit to Memphis I had the honor to go to the Stax Museum, which chronicled the once famous musical label based in Memphis.

The last exhibit I viewed I believe was a special exhibit that was completely based around photographs. Many of the photographs were set up in clear plastic frames which allowed for [...]

Even though I’m about to try to answer the question how I see fit. I also humbly ask the question to anyone who is willing to submit to the debate.

I have friends who do not appreciate the word disabled at all. For whatever reason it does not bother me. In general, labels don’t bother me [...]

I would like to dedicate the first part of this post to Yanik Silver, Steve Pavlina and Jack Canfield. I would like to dedicate the second part of this post to God and the universe to for continuing to inspire me with wonderful topics.

Clear The Mind

Right before Thanksgiving 2008 I was reading several pieces by the [...]

For the rest of my life I have the lofty ambition to always be in a relatively good mood. Once again I humbly ask if an 11-year-old who is about to lose his battle with cancer can figure out a way to have fun.  Do any of us have an excuse to not be in [...]