Standard operating procedure for me is to write a new post after I get six or more comments or if discussion has ended, pending time of course. Little bit of a revealing thing, I actually have a list of topics that I’ve always wanted to hit, but some are more relevant at one time or another, so that’s how I decide what to write on.

One of those ( Read more... )

Quite avowedly, I am an atheist. The way I came to this belief, or lack thereof, is fairly standard: I explored specific religions, couldn’t find one that was logical, fair, and brought me comfort, so I backed off and explored the nature of religion in general, and went through the same process. Eventually I decided that there was not only no ( Read more... )

It has been quite awhile since my last update, as I was out of the country for awhile and also celebrating the fact that I got into college, but today, on the first day of 2007, I figured I would take just a moment to reflect a bit on 2006 ( Read more... )

I know a lot of people will be able to relate to this entry, because pretty much everyone has been in the kind of situation I’m going to describe. Basically, you feel as if you have to or you actually have to make someone else happy, and do what that person or those people want you to do. It’s a situation which we all find ourselves in at some ( Read more... )

Note: some spoilers into the text of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness follow. If that would kill you, DO NOT READ ( Read more... )

I was listening to a song today by my favorite lyricist/poet, the lead singer of Thrice, Dustin Kensrue, and for some reason was paying extra attention to his always thought provoking lyrics. Painting a picture of men off on a voyage, he begins by telling of how far from home the men are. Then, he refers back to those waiting for them, saying, “ ( Read more... )

Sorry I'm too lazy to write an essay, so I'm leaving you a poem that summarizes what the essay may have been about. Leave a comment on what you get out of it, please ( Read more... )

We will never be special, you and I. We will never be anything to remember. We will never be talked about, or written about, or read about, or sung about, because we aren’t unique. We aren’t trying to be. We just want to be ourselves, and, hell, if that doesn’t shatter the world, so be it. We just want to live the lives we feel like living, ( Read more... )

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