Aka Random Philosophical Thoughts about God and the Universe

Originally written on Dec 28, 2008Isn't it always at the oddest times when sudden bouts of introvision will strike? Those moments where the tiniest observation sparks such questions as: "who am I", "why am I here", "is there a god", "what happens when we die?" Instances like... Taking a ( Read more... )

Sunday Mom and I were hanging out around the house after having gone to go see Prince Caspian. She flipped on PBS and there was a show on called "BizKids". This episode of it was all about Ethics. Watching it made me nearly cry. I've been reading all the stories on NotAlwaysRight.com and the one question that keeps coming up in my head is this: Yes ( Read more... )

Earlier I was with one of my mom's coworkers as she was returning a rental van. Two things that needed to be done before we could turn it in was run it through a car wash and fill the tank to 3/4th full. I don't need to tell anyone about how high the prices are. It took $50 to fill 1/4th of a tank. That, however, is not what has driven me to post ( Read more... )

The good ( Read more... )

Below is one of my main trains of thoughts that often start while i'm in the shower and progress through the day. Too often I don't get a chance to write them down, but I managed to with this one. These are not facts (aside from the ones pertaining to my own life), but truths I've observed from other's lives as well as my own. You don't have to ( Read more... )

My old SCA friend beau_nidle and his fiance were on their way to Orlando for a week and were passing through. He gave me a call and we ended up catching a late dinner at Rosario's. Funny how when we meet we're always eating italian ( Read more... )

One word if warning, this entry will probably be quite long once completed and I have no intentions about using LJ Cut this time.

The past two decades have seen a lot of major tragedies in US history: The Twin Towers, Columbine, The Oklahoma City bombings and more. I still remember sitting in my office at UT Memphis when I found out about the twin ( Read more... )

While I was taking a shower all those complicated and random thoughts that everyone has in the shower were running through my head. Along my line of thinking I stumbled upon the phrase: "Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum", from the song " ( Read more... )

I guess I'm unusual in the fact that Friday the 13th is typically a GOOD day for me.

Looking forward to what the day has in store!

Last night I had the first true nightmare since before I left Memphis ( Read more... )