As a smart kid growing up in an economically depressed area, my adolescent ambition-and that of many of my peers-could be summarized in the two-word mission “Get out!” As in: get out of this backwater state and find an interesting place to live where you can meet intelligent people and make a good living doing challenging work that has a real ( Read more... )

I'm afraid this is going to be a lengthy one, even by Ornoth standards. It's a good example of how one inoccuous comment can trigger a whole series of discussion topics.

Inna and I have been very close for four years now. During that time ( Read more... )

Recently, I've tried to be a lot more supportive and (specifically) a lot less judgemental about stuff. Unfortunately, there's one group of people that I can't stop being judgemental about. So it makes sense to talk about it here.

There's a circle of people I know who share some of the same interests as me. It's not a single group, or even specific ( Read more... )

Back on 1/13, I read the book "Conversations with God", which Inna had given me. I thought I should include my reaction here. The book had an interesting premise, but it was also very repetitive and not exactly written for someone like me. However, I did find nine substantive concepts to take away. They were:

1. Act out of your highest thought ( Read more... )