I've been wondering about something for a while. When I didn't think I'd be having kids it was somewhat irrelevant, but now that I have one and a second on the way, it seems really important. A of variation or maybe just a different phrasing of "What's the Meaning of Life?" What is humanity's ultimate goal? When the last of our race are living ( Read more... )

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

I'm thankful for a wonderful family who looks out for me and wants to see me happy. I'm thankful for my beautiful and wonderful fiance who despite my endless pestering loves me as I am. I'm thankful for the wonderful family I'm marrying into that does the same and treats me as one of their own. I'm thankful that I'm ( Read more... )

A while ago someone asked a bunch of people, including myself, the following for a class project:

what, if anything, attracts you to spirituality (whatever form of spirituality you follow)? I would like to know whether you are or are not a spiritual person and what is the reason for why you are/aren't.

My response was the following:

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"How do you want to spend your life?" It's an interesting phrasing. Life is limited, so you have to choose where and how to dispense it. It's very similar with cash, except that you never really know how much life you have to spend. You can work at extending your life, but ultimately it's finite, and it might be taken from you at any moment ( Read more... )

Man, it's been crazy. The last couple weeks were not good for work, and I was running behind schedule. That laid the path for the rest of the mess to follow ( Read more... )

The Japanese now have robotic bicycle storage systems. It's like a an automated parking garage for bicycle commuters. I, on the other hand, have to chain my bicycle to my BBQ because my apartment complex doesn't have a bicycle rack. All I can say is, "WTF America?"

How McCain and Obama will change your tax bill
Finally it's layed out in plain English. Check out the chart on the right. Those who vote Republican thinking they're going to get nice tax breaks, think again unless you're making about $150,000+ yearly.

Also notice the comment on the bottom - Both candidates are effectively lowering taxes for the " ( Read more... )

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Vote. Just don't vote for McCain.

We went to Indiana beach this weekend. It turned out to be a lot more fun than I had anticipated. I had heard it was a glorified '70s version of Kiddieland, so my expectations were pretty low. It was definitely straight out of the '70s, but the wooden coasters were fast, jerky, and very entertaining. Even better, the ride lines were only about 15 ( Read more... )

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A 9 day European cruise with ports in Italy, Monaco, Spain, Portugal, France, and England. Sounds great right? We were both super psyched. We packed our best clothes for the formal nights as well as our most comfortable clothes for the on-land excursions. We brought both the video camera and the nice photo camera because we didn't want to ( Read more... )