Timothy Baril

A conversation with a friend, spawned by the new Wolverine: Origins movie, about the veracity of Wolverine’s origins led me to read about him online. It turns out I was surprised by just how much I have in common with the fictional comic book character.
Wolverine and I both:
- are Born Canadian
- are from small town [...]

by Timothy Baril
2009
Intellect varies. Yes, this paper is not politically correct according to current established decorum. I don’t think all people are created equal. This is not a value comparison, just a fact. Some brains are capable of more complex computation than others. If you’re already offended in the first 2 words of this paper, [...]

Recently, my brother and I were sitting around in his new house, which is still bogged down in renovations after a year of work. His girlfriend was opposite him on the couch, their new born baby between them, and I sat on the other side of the living room, as we all chatted deep into [...]

A bedroom situated in an ancient Mayan royal palace.
You know, if you look at it, it’s just some worn out dirty rock with moss growing all over it. Shapeless, broken down and, and but for the vague outline of familiar architectural shapes, there is no reference point for human habitation here. So it feels somehow [...]

It’s 4am and I’m still up writing computer code,
Hair’s turning grey and I’m feeling old.
Programing is such a grueling pain
Leading to anger that I cannot feign.
Sweat beads and concentration becomes a hazy mist
Errors burst forth - SNAP - through my door in rage goes my fist.
Why oh why do I spend my life thus?
Why not [...]

What is real?
Is it tiny motes of electrons floating through a web we cannot see or touch, reaching out to each other through impossible distances and even time? Are these tiny tendrils significant? Do they connect us? Do we touch each other, really, or is it only self imposed illusion?
Do hearts join this [...]