John West

Re-evaluating My Core Values

This article is about re-evaluating my core values. I don’t meditate, but I do contemplate, and I think I’ve reached some conclusions about myself. To be clear, this is something like a journal entry that represents me thinking out loud. Just because I write something does not mean that I believe it. Writing helps meContinue reading “Re-evaluating My Core Values”

JW Consciousness Stream – 20 November 2025

This entry represents something like my stream of consciousness for Thursday, 20 November, 2025. This is basically like a journal entry that I work on throughout the day and then don’t go back to correct errors. This is an interesting theory about what the USA and Europe may face socially and otherwise in the comingContinue reading “JW Consciousness Stream – 20 November 2025”

JW Consciousness Stream – 19 November 2025

This entry represents something like my stream of consciousness for Wednesday, 19 November, 2025. This is basically like a journal entry that I work on throughout the day and then don’t go back to correct errors. Yesterday, I ran across the Letters to Our Sons project: I don’t necessarily want to participate, but I findContinue reading “JW Consciousness Stream – 19 November 2025”

The Forgiveness Cycle

This article presents a topic that I call the Forgiveness Cycle, which outlines a general process that can lead from transgression to forgiveness. I recently wrote something about apologies that may provide some context for my perspectives regarding the Forgiveness Cycle: To summarize, apologies and forgiveness are important for making progress as individuals and inContinue reading “The Forgiveness Cycle”

JW Consciousness Stream – 18 November 2025

This entry represents something like my stream of consciousness for Tuesday, 18 November, 2025. This is basically like a journal entry that I work on throughout the day and then don’t go back to correct errors. Well, one thing that happened overnight is that, as a result of seeing some traffic, I reviewed my consciousnessContinue reading “JW Consciousness Stream – 18 November 2025”

The Spectrum of Souls

This article discusses thoughts relating to a concept that I might most concisely refer to as the spectrum of souls. I know that this is a bit of a ramble or rant because I am just jotting down some thoughts while I would like to work on other things. Just because I write something hereContinue reading “The Spectrum of Souls”

JW Consciousness Stream – 17 November 2025

This entry represents something like my stream of consciousness for Monday, 17 November, 2025. This is basically like a journal entry that I work on throughout the day and then don’t go back to correct errors. First, a quick summary of my weekend. Friday night, I went to the Belgian bar and had Beer LaoContinue reading “JW Consciousness Stream – 17 November 2025”

Multi-Cursor in VSCodium and Possibly Visual Studio Code

This article provides information about Multi-Cursor editing in VSCodium that may be relevant to Visual Studio Code as well. Occasionally while editing text in VSCodium, I find orange lines on the screen and the characters that I type repeated in multiple locations. This is really annoying, as I can’t think of a single case whereContinue reading “Multi-Cursor in VSCodium and Possibly Visual Studio Code”

Ignorance and Stupidity

Recently in my YouTube feed, a video regarding Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s warning about the nature of stupidity appeared. Bonhoeffer was murdeded by the nazis towards the end of the second world war, likely under false pretenses but actually for espousing his beliefs. This video got me thinking about the difference between ignorance and stupidity. In short,Continue reading “Ignorance and Stupidity”