now i believe in unity
and i am willing to compromise
but i'm not gonna lie
or sell my soul
--Bad Religion, The HandshakeI didn't properly disclaim the last entry, but I will this time: I'm a bit intoxicated. But perhaps all the more impassioned for it. I feel strongly about my principles. And among those principles is the stipulation that I ( Read more... )

It's a paradox. It's absolutely everything I want and I want nothing to do with it at all. She's the second strongest woman I have ever known. Should I want her in my life? Is it a purely economic decision in which the benefits are weighed against the costs? Can one place a monetary (or otherwise) value on sanity, stability, or, in lieu of the ( Read more... )

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"It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness. Nothing more."
     --Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling ( Read more... )

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"If science has taught us any enduring truth over the course of its tumultuous history, it must be that the pursuit of knowledge inevitably yields more questions than answers, that in general we know less than we believe we are sure of, and that the horizons seem more distant the longer we walk. The antithesis of ignorance has never been certainty ( Read more... )

The first quiz thing I've taken in a long time...

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I read in Bruce Schneier's blog that his Q&A from DEFCON 15 was posted on Google Video. It's really interesting, and I've been watching a few other talks from DEFCON 15, too. An interesting talk on lawyers and computing, NLP/Social Engineering, and hacking your car. I recommend browsing.

School's been going pretty well so far. It's been a handful of weeks, and nothing has overwhelmed me yet ( Read more... )

Yeah. Goddamn, Californication is getting good.

Californication has really grown on me. The first couple episodes were practically full of gratuitous nudity and sex, but the last two episodes have been practically devoid. I attribute the leading edge of the series' content to an interest in hooking an audience. After establishing the audience who has an interest in watching (because the ( Read more... )